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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 5, A Treasure of Spiders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who explores the countryside with Gerry?
(a) Roger.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Widdle and Puke.
(d) No one, he went alone.

2. What are in the two cases the customs officials are holding of the Durrells?
(a) Leslie's gun books.
(b) Mother's recipe books.
(c) Bed linens.
(d) Spices.

3. What is wrong with every villa Mr. Beeler shows the Durrells?
(a) Not one has a balcony.
(b) Not one has a bathroom.
(c) They are infested with crickets.
(d) They are not close enough to the sea.

4. Why does Yani never sleep in the hills?
(a) Because his goats would get away.
(b) Because the cypress trees will steal his brains.
(c) Because Aphrodite told him not to.
(d) Because a scorpion stung a fellow shepherd in the ear and killed him.

5. What does Larry say the family needs in Part I: Prologue, The Migration?
(a) A better doctor.
(b) More money.
(c) Better literature.
(d) Sunshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. One day Mother and Gerry buy the Rose-Beetle Man's entire stock of rose-beetles, what do they do with them?

2. Why can Gerry hear the Rose-Beetle Man before he sees him?

3. Who is the most weird and fascinating character Gerry meets on his explorations?

4. What does Gerry liken Spiro to as he looks over and takes care of the family?

5. Who is the goat shepherd who tells Gerry the tale of the cypress tree?

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