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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mundic hide out on the ship after sneaking on in Chapter 9?
(a) The engine room.
(b) A coat closet.
(c) A vacant cabin.
(d) The restroom.

2. Where does Margery decide she will go while she is on the bus after leaving her job?
(a) California.
(b) Rome.
(c) New Caledonia.
(d) Paris.

3. What does Enid tell Margery that Taylor has so she must return to him at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Her red valise.
(b) Her passport.
(c) Her wallet.
(d) A gun.

4. What does Margery do for the first few days on the boat?
(a) She reads.
(b) She vomits.
(c) She talks nonstop.
(d) She eats.

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

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

7. Where are Margery and Enid invited to at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) A lecture on beetles.
(b) A garden party at the British consul's home.
(c) The cafe for a double date.
(d) A musical performance at the port.

8. What does Mrs. Pope say about New Caledonia when Margery talks to her at the garden party in Chapter 21?
(a) It is a paradise.
(b) It is a hellish place.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is quite vast.

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

10. What does Enid tell Margery when she returns after her fall down the stairs in Chapter 12?
(a) She thinks she miscarried.
(b) Mundic came to her room.
(c) She was worried sick about her.
(d) She wants to go home.

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

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

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

14. Why do the boiler men who find Mundic decide not to turn him in and help him stay on the ship instead?
(a) He threatened them.
(b) He is a POW and they feel bad.
(c) He bribes them.
(d) They get him to do their work for them.

15. What does Enid buy in Aden, which Mundic finds suspicious in Chapter 11?
(a) A radio.
(b) A wig.
(c) A pack of cigarettes.
(d) A new coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Enid's favorite things to talk about?

2. What do Enid's letters to Margery always include?

3. When Margery applied for her position, what did the ad specify?

4. What does Mr. Mundic tell Margery about himself when she first meets him?

5. Who is the author of Miss Benson's Beetle?

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