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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the pocket guide Margery reads in preparation for her expedition?
(a) Blake Rivers.
(b) Father Philip Sebastian.
(c) Reverend Horace Blake.
(d) Homer Blackstone.

2. What do the police find in Enid's apartment five weeks after she left with Margery?
(a) Her husband's dead body.
(b) Her sister's dead body.
(c) Twenty cats.
(d) Her abandoned children.

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

4. What does Margery learn at the garden party was recently stolen from the Catholic School?
(a) Money.
(b) Chemistry equipment.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) Textbooks.

5. Who does Mrs. Pope say must be responsible for the Catholic school break-in?
(a) The natives.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Enid Pretty.
(d) Her husband.

6. Where did Margery meet Professor Smith when she was younger?
(a) He was her college instructor.
(b) An Entomologist's conference.
(c) A blind date.
(d) The Insect Gallery of the Museum.

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

8. What is the name of the widow Margery interviews for her assistant position and likes very much?
(a) Miss Hamilton.
(b) Miss Howarth.
(c) Miss Hinckley.
(d) Miss Hornberry.

9. What does Enid purchase in Chapter 23 when she cannot find any British newspapers?
(a) A French fashion magazine.
(b) Nail polish.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) A new book.

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

11. What is Margery teaching her students at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) How to dress nicely for your husband.
(b) How to make cake during wartime.
(c) How to sew tattered clothing.
(d) How to clean floors.

12. What does the letter Margery finds under her door in Chapter 3 from her school say?
(a) She can have her job back if she returns the boots.
(b) She can come back to work when she is ready.
(c) The police have been notified of her theft.
(d) They understand her stress and would like to help.

13. What is the name of the bungalow Enid and Margery stay at in Chapter 25?
(a) The Last Place.
(b) The Final Frontier.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) The Last Laugh.

14. How old is Margery when the novel opens in the year 1914?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

15. What does Enid name the stray dog that begins to follow her and Margery around Noumea in Chapter 18?
(a) Mr. Pickles.
(b) Mr. Rawlings.
(c) Mr. Pup.
(d) Mr. Mundic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Enid gone off with in Brisbane?

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

3. What is Margery's father's name?

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

5. What does Mundic begin to do after his first meeting with Margery?

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