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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Margery write to requesting funding for her expedition?
(a) The Royal Entomological Society.
(b) The American Academy of Insects.
(c) The British Royal family.
(d) The Natural History Museum.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 excellent driver.
(d) He is an entomologist.

8. What initials are on Enid's red valise before she covers them with a Band-Aid?
(a) M.B.
(b) N.C.
(c) M.M.
(d) E.P.

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

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

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

12. What does Margery tell Enid Pretty to avoid packing when she writes her a letter offering her the job?
(a) Brightly colored clothing.
(b) High heels.
(c) Binoculars.
(d) Weapons.

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

14. In whose letters does Margery think she has found proof the golden beetle exists?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid tell Margery that Taylor has so she must return to him at the end of Chapter 14?

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

3. Who is the author of the pocket guide Margery reads in preparation for her expedition?

4. What clothing item does Margery steal before leaving the school the day students passed a note with a drawing of her on it?

5. How does Enid get the cop to let them go in Chapter 23?

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