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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 does Margery's father do after the phone call he receives while in the study with Margery?
(a) He gives Margery the book.
(b) He orders lunch.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He buys them tickets to find the beetle.

2. What does Mr. Mundic tell Margery about himself when she first meets him?
(a) He is an excellent driver.
(b) He had been a POW in Burma.
(c) He was a former schoolteacher.
(d) He is an entomologist.

3. What is one of Enid's favorite things to talk about?
(a) Books.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Men.
(d) Babies.

4. In whose letters does Margery think she has found proof the golden beetle exists?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Thomas Edison.

5. Who do Margery and her mother move in with after her father's suicide?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Her uncles.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Her aunts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid tell Margery when she returns after her fall down the stairs in Chapter 12?

2. What item does Enid keep close to her at all times during her and Margery's trip?

3. When Margery applied for her position, what did the ad specify?

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

5. What does Enid tell everyone on the boat about Margery?

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