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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapters 15 -20 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bit of British news does Enid hear about during their port stop in Aden?
(a) New rationing limits.
(b) Norman Skinner's botched execution.
(c) Margery is wanted for theft.
(d) Information about the Festival of Britain.

2. What word is used to describe New Caledonia according to Horace Blake's pocket guide in Chapter 18?
(a) Eden.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Paradise.

3. What word does Enid use to describe her need to be a mother and Margery's need to find the golden beetle?
(a) Vocation.
(b) Fate.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Calling.

4. What does Margery tell Enid Pretty to avoid packing when she writes her a letter offering her the job?
(a) High heels.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Brightly colored clothing.

5. What does Margery do in Chapter 12 when Enid knocks on their cabin door covered in blood?
(a) She helps her inside.
(b) She hugs her.
(c) She calls a doctor.
(d) She runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Margery when the novel opens in the year 1914?

2. What clothing item does Margery steal before leaving the school the day students passed a note with a drawing of her on it?

3. How does Enid say her parents had died when she was young?

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

5. What is Margery teaching her students at the start of Chapter 2?

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