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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) Information about the Festival of Britain.
(b) Norman Skinner's botched execution.
(c) New rationing limits.
(d) Margery is wanted for theft.

2. Where does the book Margery's father shows her say the golden beetle can be found?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) New Caledonia.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) California.

3. Why is Margery unable to provide an old photo of herself to the passport office?
(a) She never knew anyone with a camera.
(b) She had cut her face out of all of her photos.
(c) She threw all her old pictures away.
(d) She never let anyone take her picture.

4. 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) Destiny.
(c) Fate.
(d) Calling.

5. What do Enid's neighbors do five weeks after she left Britain?
(a) Steal her things.
(b) Call the cops.
(c) Take up a collection to bring her home.
(d) Try to find her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Hamilton ultimately refuse Margery's job offer?

2. What word does Margery use to try to describe her face on her passport application?

3. How long had Margery worked at the school at the time she walked out?

4. What word is used to describe New Caledonia according to Horace Blake's pocket guide in Chapter 18?

5. Who do Margery and her mother move in with after her father's suicide?

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