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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Enid tell Margery to do in Chapter 23 when Margery complains of how fast Enid drives?
(a) Get out.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Close her eyes.
(d) Take the wheel.

3. What does Enid tell everyone on the boat about Margery?
(a) She is a college teacher.
(b) She is a millionaire.
(c) She stole lacrosse boots.
(d) She is from the Natural History Museum.

4. What item does Enid keep close to her at all times during her and Margery's trip?
(a) Her passport.
(b) A red valise.
(c) Her pink purse.
(d) Her wedding ring.

5. What is the name of the book Margery's father shows her at the start of Miss Benson's Beetle?
(a) The Darwin Awards.
(b) Incredible Creatures.
(c) Insects of the World.
(d) National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia.

6. What clothing item does Margery steal before leaving the school the day students passed a note with a drawing of her on it?
(a) Lacrosse boots.
(b) A school uniform.
(c) A student's hat.
(d) The principal's jacket.

7. What does Mundic do the day Margery leaves for her trip with Enid?
(a) Shoots himself.
(b) Breaks into her house.
(c) Goes to the school where she worked.
(d) Takes the same train to Tilbury.

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

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

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

11. What does Enid tell Margery just three days before they arrive in Brisbane?
(a) That she does not have a passport.
(b) That she is going to stay there and have a baby.
(c) That Enid is not her real name.
(d) That she cannot speak French.

12. What does Enid tell Margery when they find their bungalow broken and filled with trash in Chapter 25?
(a) She will sleep in the jeep.
(b) She has seen worse in the war.
(c) She cannot stay there.
(d) She loves it.

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

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

15. What do the shanty boys try to sell Enid and Margery at the bungalow in Chapter 25?
(a) Some gum.
(b) Cleaning supplies.
(c) A goat.
(d) A shovel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose letters does Margery think she has found proof the golden beetle exists?

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

3. Why is Margery unable to provide an old photo of herself to the passport office?

4. What did Margery do during their meeting that upset Mr. Mundic?

5. Where did Margery meet Professor Smith when she was younger?

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