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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Mrs. Pope say must be responsible for the Catholic school break-in?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The natives.
(d) Enid Pretty.

3. What does Enid tell Margery when they find their bungalow broken and filled with trash in Chapter 25?
(a) She has seen worse in the war.
(b) She will sleep in the jeep.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She cannot stay there.

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

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

6. Who does Margery think of when she boards the flying boat at the start of Chapter 17?
(a) Professor Smith.
(b) Aunt Hazel.
(c) Her brothers.
(d) Her father.

7. 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!

8. What place does Margery visit after her mother's death at the urging of her maid, Barbara?
(a) Her birth home.
(b) Her father's rectory.
(c) New Caledonia.
(d) The Natural History Museum.

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

10. What does Enid purchase in Chapter 23 when she cannot find any British newspapers?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) Nail polish.
(c) A French fashion magazine.
(d) A new book.

11. Who is the author of the pocket guide Margery reads in preparation for her expedition?
(a) Reverend Horace Blake.
(b) Father Philip Sebastian.
(c) Homer Blackstone.
(d) Blake Rivers.

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

13. How long had Mundic been home from Burma, according to the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 6 months.

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

15. When Margery applied for her position, what did the ad specify?
(a) Single Women Only.
(b) Must Love Children.
(c) Must Love Cooking.
(d) Mothers Need Not Apply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing does Margery pack for special occasions?

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

3. What is the name of the book Margery's father shows her at the start of Miss Benson's Beetle?

4. What does Mr. Mundic say they will find in New Caledonia which makes Margery laugh?

5. Who is the only person Margery does not reply to after posting her ad in the newspaper?

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