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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What startling request was in the letter Captain Creech wrote to mother after his departure?
(a) A proposal to sail around the world.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) A proposal to move to London together.
(d) A proposal to buy a yacht.

2. What did Gerald name the donkey?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Betty.
(c) Sally.
(d) Mary.

3. How did Gerald plan to feed the baby hedgehogs?
(a) With a straw.
(b) With a baby bottle from a doll set.
(c) With a syringe.
(d) With an eyedropper.

4. 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) "No one listens to each other in this family."
(c) "I wish your father were alive and here."
(d) "I sometimes think I am the only sane member of the family."

5. What new health problem beset Margo after Leslie's court case?
(a) She begins to gain weight.
(b) She begins to lose weight.
(c) Her hair begins to fall out.
(d) She becomes very depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gerald hear Prue tell Mother about Mrs. Haddock?

2. When did Larry learn all about donkeys?

3. Why did Captain Creech show up at the Durrell house?

4. How did the baby hedgehogs die?

5. What did Theodore and Gerald see out in the water while Captain Creech was visiting?

(see the answer key)

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