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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They understand her stress and would like to help.
(c) The police have been notified of her theft.
(d) She can have her job back if she returns the boots.

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

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

4. 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.

5. What word is used to describe New Caledonia according to Horace Blake's pocket guide in Chapter 18?
(a) Sanctuary.
(b) Eden.
(c) Depressing.
(d) Paradise.

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

7. How long had Margery worked at the school at the time she walked out?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

8. What word does Margery use to try to describe her face on her passport application?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Buxom.

9. What does Margery learn at the garden party was recently stolen from the Catholic School?
(a) Uniforms.
(b) Money.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Chemistry equipment.

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

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

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

13. What does Margery do for Enid in an attempt to care for her in Chapter 12?
(a) She buys her food and nail polish.
(b) She rubs her feet.
(c) She holds a cold compress to her head.
(d) She spoon-feeds her soup.

14. What is Enid's real name?
(a) Noelle Colbert.
(b) Nicole Colter.
(c) Nadia Coleman.
(d) Nancy Collett.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mr. Mundic call Margery when she tells him he does not need to bring a gun to New Caledonia?

4. Who is getting closer to New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 24?

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

(see the answer keys)

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