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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 6, The Sweet Spring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theodore offer to show Gerry at tea on Thursday?
(a) Microscope slides.
(b) A book about trapdoor spiders.
(c) His birds.
(d) His collection of scorpion bottles.

2. How old is Gerry when the family moves to Corfu?
(a) Five.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

3. How do Gerry and George win points in their game in the bay?
(a) By finding the most sea-slugs.
(b) By squirting the sea-slug the farthest.
(c) By applying mathematic applications to the sea fauna.
(d) By discovering the most sea fauna.

4. Why does Gerry's mother insist he explain she is a widow?
(a) She wants men to know she is available.
(b) She wants the reader's sympathy.
(c) She does not want people to think ill of her.
(d) She wants her story told accurately.

5. What is the villa called that Spiro shows the family in Part I: Chapter 1, The Unsuspected Isle?
(a) Tortoise-green Villa.
(b) Rose-beetle Villa.
(c) Strawberry-pink Villa.
(d) Daffodil-yellow Villa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family dog?

2. What does Theodore send Gerry to assist him in his field work?

3. Where does the Durrell family stay their first night on Corfu?

4. When Spring came, Larry purchases a guitar and a large barrel of strong red wine. What kind of songs does he play?

5. What disturbs Larry's writing on the second morning in the villa?

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