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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason was Gerald given for his mother wanting a bamboo house?
(a) She could store the extra luggage in it.
(b) She could sleep in it on cool nights.
(c) She could keep plants or store sweet potatoes.
(d) She could store the yard equipment.

2. Where did the baby hedgehogs live?
(a) In a cardboard box on Gerald's balnket.
(b) In a cardboard box under Gerald's bed.
(c) In a cardboard box in the attic.
(d) In a cardboard box on the veranda.

3. What did Mother say to Gerald as they turned off the lights to fall asleep?
(a) "Good night dear and we will have fun tomrrow."
(b) "I wish your father were alive and here."
(c) "I sometimes think I am the only sane member of the family."
(d) "No one listens to each other in this family."

4. What did Margo ask her mother to do with the cabbage she had brought with her to the hotel?
(a) Tie cabbage leaves to her face.
(b) Put cabbage leaves on her feet overnight.
(c) Boil cabbage for her facial cream.
(d) Help her to make stuffed cabbage.

5. What did the doctor in Corfu recommend to treat Margo's health problems?
(a) She should begin eating only vegetables and fruit.
(b) She should be hospitalized.
(c) She should be seen be a specialist in London.
(d) She should see an allergist in Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did Prudence give Mother about Margo's behavior?

2. Who were Itch and Scratch?

3. What did Mother call Mrs. Haddock before leaving the seance?

4. Who are Fan and Prudence?

5. What did Gerald witness when he arrived at Katarina's house in Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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