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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 2, The Strawberry-Pink Villa.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Leslie suffer from in the English weather?
(a) Catarrh.
(b) None.
(c) Whooping cough.
(d) Bleeding ears.

2. Why do the Durrell's want to leave the hotel as soon as possible?
(a) The state of the lavatory.
(b) It is a dusty hotel.
(c) They want to settle down soon.
(d) The food is awful.

3. What disturbs Larry's writing on the second morning in the villa?
(a) A donkey braying.
(b) Gerry's magenpies.
(c) Lawnmowers cutting grass.
(d) Bees buzzing.

4. What is the original intent of Gerald Durrell for this book?
(a) Account of the interesting people on the island of Corfu.
(b) Account of the birds on the island of Corfu.
(c) Account of the natural history on the island of Corfu.
(d) Account of his family.

5. Aside from being Greek and adoring bargaining, why does Spiro haggle so over prices for the Durrells?
(a) Everything in Greece is overpriced.
(b) He has to keep up his reputation as Spiro the Great.
(c) He does not want them to get swindled.
(d) He is subsidizing them until their money arrives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerry's most exciting discovery?

2. What insects does Gerry find that can change colors, like chameleons?

3. What is wrong with every villa Mr. Beeler shows the Durrells?

4. Who, out of the Durrell family, does Spiro adore the most?

5. Who supplies Gerald with several "dreadful puns" in the book?

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