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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 10 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the book Margery's father shows her at the start of Miss Benson's Beetle?
(a) Insects of the World.
(b) The Darwin Awards.
(c) National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia.
(d) Incredible Creatures.

2. Who is the only person Margery does not reply to after posting her ad in the newspaper?
(a) Enid Pretty.
(b) Mr. Mundic.
(c) Miss Hamilton.
(d) Mr. Reynolds.

3. Why do the boiler men who find Mundic decide not to turn him in and help him stay on the ship instead?
(a) He is a POW and they feel bad.
(b) He threatened them.
(c) He bribes them.
(d) They get him to do their work for them.

4. What does Margery do for the first few days on the boat?
(a) She reads.
(b) She eats.
(c) She talks nonstop.
(d) She vomits.

5. What does Margery do for Enid in an attempt to care for her in Chapter 12?
(a) She spoon-feeds her soup.
(b) She holds a cold compress to her head.
(c) She rubs her feet.
(d) She buys her food and nail polish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid tell Margery just three days before they arrive in Brisbane?

2. What does Margery do in Chapter 12 when Enid knocks on their cabin door covered in blood?

3. Who does Margery write to requesting funding for her expedition?

4. What does the letter Margery finds under her door in Chapter 3 from her school say?

5. Who is the author of Miss Benson's Beetle?

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