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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 12, The Woodcock Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness does Larry suffer from in the English weather?
(a) None.
(b) Flu.
(c) Catarrh.
(d) Acne.

2. What does George teach Gerry about natural history?
(a) How to observe and write notes in a diary.
(b) How to apply mathematics to natural history.
(c) How to not frighten the big tortoise.
(d) The mating cycle of the earwig.

3. What is the name of Gerry's book that he starts writing in Part II: Chapter 10, Pageant of the Fireflies?
(a) Fauna of Corfu.
(b) Natural History of Corfu.
(c) Boy's Own Paper.
(d) My Adventures with Roger.

4. Who goes turtledove hunting with Leslie?
(a) Larry.
(b) The Turkish boy.
(c) Spiro.
(d) Gerry.

5. What does Gerald say living on Corfu is like?
(a) Like living with the three stooges.
(b) Like living in the Garden of Eden.
(c) Like living in a dream.
(d) Like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What size of tortoise are on the hill?

2. What is the original intent of Gerald Durrell for this book?

3. At the end of Part II: Chapter 8, Tortoise Hills, what does Theodore say can happen in Corfu?

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

5. Instead to taking his goats to Gastouri, what does Yani do?

(see the answer key)

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