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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Enid wear while she cleans the bungalow in Chapter 25?
(a) A French maid uniform.
(b) Margery's best frock.
(c) Just her undies.
(d) A leopard print bikini.

6. What is Margery teaching her students at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) How to clean floors.
(b) How to sew tattered clothing.
(c) How to dress nicely for your husband.
(d) How to make cake during wartime.

7. Where does Margery find Enid after searching Brisbane for her in Chapter 14?
(a) The ship they came in on.
(b) A cafe.
(c) An old Army camp.
(d) The Royal Hotel.

8. What article of clothing does Margery pack for special occasions?
(a) Red lipstick.
(b) Her best purple frock.
(c) High heels.
(d) A ballgown.

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

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

11. What word does Enid use to describe her need to be a mother and Margery's need to find the golden beetle?
(a) Fate.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Vocation.
(d) Calling.

12. 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!

13. Who is the only person Margery does not reply to after posting her ad in the newspaper?
(a) Mr. Reynolds.
(b) Mr. Mundic.
(c) Miss Hamilton.
(d) Enid Pretty.

14. What bit of British news does Enid hear about during their port stop in Aden?
(a) New rationing limits.
(b) Margery is wanted for theft.
(c) Norman Skinner's botched execution.
(d) Information about the Festival of Britain.

15. What clothing item does Margery steal before leaving the school the day students passed a note with a drawing of her on it?
(a) A student's hat.
(b) The principal's jacket.
(c) A school uniform.
(d) Lacrosse boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Enid yelling when she runs toward Margery as she boards the boat in Chapter 17?

2. How long had Margery worked at the school at the time she walked out?

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

4. What does Margery confess to Enid on the flying boat to New Caledonia in Chapter 17?

5. What is Enid's real name?

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