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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. Why does Miss Hamilton ultimately refuse Margery's job offer?
(a) She got sick.
(b) She learned what Margery did at the school.
(c) She thought the expedition seemed ridiculous.
(d) She was unable to get a passport in time.

2. Who is the author of Miss Benson's Beetle?
(a) Joyce Richards.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) Rachel Joyce.

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

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

5. What does Mr. Mundic call Margery when she tells him he does not need to bring a gun to New Caledonia?
(a) A fool's fool.
(b) An ignorant savage.
(c) A naive girl.
(d) A stupid woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Mundic follow Enid to when the ship ports at Aden in Chapter 11?

3. Who is the only person Margery does not reply to after posting her ad in the newspaper?

4. What bit of British news does Enid hear about during their port stop in Aden?

5. What does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she leaves her teaching job?

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