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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 10, The Pageant of Fireflies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tale of the cypress trees?
(a) They will give you nightmares.
(b) You will have a good rest if you sleep under them.
(c) They will steal your brains if you sleep under them.
(d) They will give you pleasant dreams.

2. What illuminates the family's nighttime picnic at the bay?
(a) Fireflies and lanterns.
(b) Lanterns and a fire.
(c) Phosphorus and cigarettes.
(d) Fireflies and phosphorus.

3. What special day is it when Spiro drives Gerry, Mother, and Margo to town to buy furniture?
(a) Saint Spiridon Day.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Saint Assisi Day.

4. In the summer, what makes the island vibrate with their cries?
(a) Lacewings.
(b) Earwigs.
(c) Cicadas.
(d) Peasant women.

5. What is the name of the family dog?
(a) Rover.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Margo.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gerry describe the bay?

2. What is wrong with the furniture in the villa?

3. Where does Spiro live, and learn English, while in America?

4. What does Gerry say "danced and twisted like wind-blown confetti" in the summer?

5. Who lives at the cottage?

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