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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the note students pass in Margery's class say under the cartoon image of Margery?
(a) Margery the Mad.
(b) The Virgin Margery!
(c) Holy Margery!
(d) Margery the Misfit.

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

3. Who do Margery and her mother move in with after her father's suicide?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Her aunts.
(c) Her uncles.
(d) Her grandparents.

4. What does Mr. Mundic call Margery when she tells him he does not need to bring a gun to New Caledonia?
(a) A stupid woman.
(b) An ignorant savage.
(c) A naive girl.
(d) A fool's fool.

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. What is Enid yelling when she runs toward Margery as she boards the boat in Chapter 17?
(a) Here I come!
(b) We are a team!
(c) Two pairs of wings!
(d) Wait up, Marge!

10. What student of Margery's laughs out loud at the note she is passed while Margery is teaching?
(a) Barbara McGovern.
(b) Cindy Simon.
(c) Thea Colburn.
(d) Wendy Thompson.

11. What does Margery tell Enid at the train station when she first sees her dressed in a tiny pink outfit?
(a) She looks amazing.
(b) The job is no longer open.
(c) She looks foolish.
(d) Everyone is staring at her.

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

13. How does Enid react when Margery tells her how she stole the lacrosse boots from school?
(a) She laughs hysterically.
(b) She praises her.
(c) She is horrified.
(d) She tells Margery she needs to turn herself in.

14. What does Margery see the British Consul do to Enid while chatting at the garden party in Chapter 21?
(a) Give her his number.
(b) Kiss her cheek.
(c) Caress her hand.
(d) Touch her bottom.

15. What does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she leaves her teaching job?
(a) A housekeeper.
(b) An assistant for her expedition.
(c) A date.
(d) A chauffeur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing does Margery pack for special occasions?

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

3. What does Margery do for the first few days on the boat?

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

5. What is the first problem Margery encounters when they arrive in Noumea in Chapter 18?

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