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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Enid gone off with in Brisbane?
(a) Taylor.
(b) The ship's captain.
(c) Mundic.
(d) Miss Hamilton.

2. 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 student's hat.
(c) The principal's jacket.
(d) A school uniform.

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

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

5. What does Margery confess to Enid on the flying boat to New Caledonia in Chapter 17?
(a) She does not think the golden beetle is real.
(b) She does not work for the Natural History Museum.
(c) She wants to fire Enid.
(d) She has no money.

6. How does Enid say she felt when she saw the women laugh at Margery at the garden party?
(a) Happy.
(b) Superior.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Sick.

7. How does Enid get the cop to let them go in Chapter 23?
(a) She bribes him.
(b) She drives off when he walks back to the car.
(c) She flirts with him.
(d) She tells him Margery is a famous explorer.

8. What is Margery's father's name?
(a) Richard Benson.
(b) Tobias Benson.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Robert Benson.

9. What does Enid tell Margery to do when they are pulled over by a cop in Chapter 23?
(a) Smile.
(b) Tell him about the beetle.
(c) Take the wheel.
(d) Get out.

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

11. What does Mr. Mundic say they will find in New Caledonia which makes Margery laugh?
(a) Octopi.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Frogs.

12. Who is getting closer to New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 24?
(a) The British Police.
(b) Miss Hamilton.
(c) Mundic.
(d) Mrs. Pope.

13. What does Mr. Mundic tell Margery about himself when she first meets him?
(a) He had been a POW in Burma.
(b) He was a former schoolteacher.
(c) He is an entomologist.
(d) He is an excellent driver.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Enid buy in Aden, which Mundic finds suspicious in Chapter 11?

3. What does Mrs. Pope say about New Caledonia when Margery talks to her at the garden party in Chapter 21?

4. What does Enid name the stray dog that begins to follow her and Margery around Noumea in Chapter 18?

5. What does Enid tell Margery just three days before they arrive in Brisbane?

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