The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo
  • 1. Why are Liza and her mom living in the woods?
A) They lost all of their money.
B) They are hiding from the police.
C) They are hiding from Liza's father.
D) They are on vacation.
  • 2. Where do the woods people get their drinking water?
A) Gumbo Limbo Hole
B) the solution pit
C) the faucet
D) the well
  • 3. How is Dajun like a bulldozer?
A) He keeps people out of the woods.
B) His jaws snap closed on his prey.
C) He plows the aquatic weeds.
D) He moves lots of earth around.
  • 4. What once kept the mosquitos under control in southern Florida?
A) salt water
B) gambusia and dragonflies
C) frogs and lizards
D) pesticides
  • 5. What is PCP?
A) politically correct people
B) medicine
C) herbicide
D) vitamin
  • 6. What did Pricilla do with the mini-gin bottles?
A) She made wind chimes to sell.
B) She fed the hummingbirds.
C) She recycled the glass.
D) She kept her soup in them.
  • 7. Why did Liza name the parrot Sherlock Holmes?
A) He loved violin music.
B) He was her favorite character from literature.
C) His feathers looked like Sherlock Holmes cape.
D) He solved the mystery of the missing gator.
  • 8. What was in the cans being washed in the canal?
A) oil
B) pond scum
C) PCP
D) medical waste
  • 9. Why did Travis want to shoot Dajun?
A) Dajun ate his dog.
B) He frighterned people nearby.
C) He was afraid of big gators.
D) He wanted the alligator bounty money.
  • 10. What important environmental chore does the buttonwood perform?
A) Their seeds provide food for migrating birds.
B) They form a barrier between fresh and salt water.
C) The wood is used for caning chairs.
D) They provide habitat for snakes, lizards, and birds.
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