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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what room did the Countess and Gerald eat their meal?
(a) On the sunporch.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the formal dining hall.
(d) In the library.

2. What did Mother call Mrs. Haddock before leaving the seance?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Charlatan.
(c) Deceitful.
(d) Liar.

3. What was Gerald contemplating on his walk home from meeting the gypsy and Pavlo?
(a) Work he had to do for his tutor.
(b) Cleaning his aquariums.
(c) How he could find an animal just like Pavlo for his own.
(d) What he was going to do with Theo that afternoon.

4. What did Crippenopoulos accuse Roger of doing?
(a) Destroying his chicken coop.
(b) Stealing his turkeys.
(c) Killing his cat.
(d) Eating five of his turkeys.

5. What happened when Gerald punctured the turtle's stomach?
(a) He was able to see what the turtle had last eaten.
(b) A noxious gas was emitted into the air.
(c) The turtle had sand and small fish in its stomach.
(d) The stomach was empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the water-spider manage to live underwater?

2. What was the Greek name for Mouse Island?

3. What did Mother go into the kitchen to make for Captain Creech to have with tea?

4. Why did Margo and Larry implore Donald and Max to be quiet?

5. What did Roger and Gerald witness the morning they were observing two snakes?

(see the answer key)

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