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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enid have with her when Mundic follows her in Aden?
(a) Margery's passport.
(b) A wad of cash.
(c) British newspapers.
(d) Someone else's suitcase.

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

3. What does Margery ask Enid to stop doing after the cop lets them go in Chapter 23?
(a) Talking.
(b) Stealing and bribing.
(c) Lying.
(d) Driving so fast.

4. What does Mundic begin to do after his first meeting with Margery?
(a) Send her flowers every week.
(b) Ignore her.
(c) Follow her.
(d) Write her letters.

5. How does Enid say her parents had died when she was young?
(a) Spanish flu.
(b) Car accident.
(c) House fire.
(d) Murder-suicide.

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

7. What do Enid's letters to Margery always include?
(a) Parts of a grocery shopping list.
(b) Silly drawings.
(c) Lipstick marks.
(d) Her weekly budget.

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

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

10. What British news do the ladies at the garden party ask Margery about in Chapter 21?
(a) The Festival of Britain.
(b) The Royal family.
(c) Nancy Collet.
(d) Norman Skinner.

11. 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) Margery is wanted for theft.
(d) New rationing limits.

12. What is the first problem Margery encounters when they arrive in Noumea in Chapter 18?
(a) She cannot find a place for them to stay.
(b) She lost her wallet.
(c) She needs to have her visa extended.
(d) They are in the wrong town.

13. What does Mundic do on the boat when Margery falls down the stairs?
(a) He gets Enid.
(b) He brings her to a nurse.
(c) He tells her he followed her.
(d) He walks over her.

14. What does Enid do when Margery hurts her hip trying to get away from her at the train station?
(a) She walks away silently.
(b) She tells her she deserves it.
(c) She gets a porter to help with their luggage.
(d) She kicks her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Margery immerse herself in more after her mother's death?

3. What do the shanty boys try to sell Enid and Margery at the bungalow in Chapter 25?

4. What place does Margery visit after her mother's death at the urging of her maid, Barbara?

5. What does Mundic do the day Margery leaves for her trip with Enid?

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