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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Enid and Margery take a day off from work at the start of Chapter 33?
(a) Enid is sick.
(b) It is Christmas.
(c) Margery is sick.
(d) They think someone is following them.

2. What does Enid realize is gone while she piles stones for Mr. Rawlings grave in Chapter 39?
(a) The gun she buried.
(b) Margery's specimens.
(c) The red valise.
(d) Their money.

3. What type of beetle do Margery and Enid find many specimens of during the first weeks at the mountain?
(a) Weevils.
(b) Scarabs.
(c) Clown.
(d) Golden.

4. What does the officer who approaches Mundic in Chapter 45 ask him after Mundic showed him his papers?
(a) Where he is going.
(b) If he broke into the Catholic school.
(c) If he is Norman Skinner.
(d) If he had seen Enid and Margery.

5. What is one of the main topics of conversation at Mrs. Pope's holiday party in Chapter 34?
(a) Mr. Mundic.
(b) Margery Benson.
(c) The Festival of Britain.
(d) Nancy Collet.

6. How long are Enid and Margery trapped on the mountain in the midst of the storm?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

7. Why are the shantytown boys worry when Margery and Enid head toward the mountain?
(a) They believe it is haunted.
(b) They do not think woman can climb mountains.
(c) They think Mundic is waiting for them.
(d) They think they will be eaten by coyotes.

8. What do Enid and Margery have to do to get across the river they encounter at the end of the east coast route in Chapter 50?
(a) They need to slam on the gas.
(b) They need to take a boat.
(c) They need to swim.
(d) They need to take a mule.

9. What is Enid surprised Margery had not tried to do before she left for the expedition as they set up camp the first night on the mountain?
(a) Exercised.
(b) Tried to put up her tent.
(c) Seen a golden beetle.
(d) Camped.

10. Why does Enid insist on taking Mr. Rawlings up the mountain with them at the start of their expedition?
(a) She says he will protect them.
(b) She says he is lucky.
(c) She says he can help carry supplies.
(d) She says he can help gather food.

11. As Margery and Enid argue on the mountain what do they realize is heading their way before they have time to leave the mountain in Chapter 33?
(a) Mundic.
(b) The police.
(c) A pack of wolves.
(d) A cyclone.

12. What does Enid tell Margery that Gloria will not be happy to learn when she grows up in Chapter 48?
(a) Margery gave up her dream for her.
(b) Margery does not like children.
(c) Enid killed her father.
(d) Enid does not know who her father is.

13. What does Margery tell Enid she did after the Professor broke her heart?
(a) She gave up on everything.
(b) She got him fired.
(c) She told his wife.
(d) She moved away.

14. Who does Margery find in the bungalow after she finds the golden beetle on the mountain?
(a) Mundic.
(b) Norman Skinner.
(c) The French Police.
(d) Mrs. Pope.

15. What does Professor Smith begin doing to Margery while they are having tea which she says nothing about?
(a) Holding her hand.
(b) Kissing her.
(c) Telling her he loves her.
(d) Caressing her leg under the table.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the women decide they cannot flirt with the police officer who pulls them over on the east coast route in Chapter 50?

2. What lands on Margery's face when she is trying to sleep outside in her hammock their first night on the mountain?

3. What does Enid tell Margery happened to their toilet paper in Chapter 30?

4. What does Mrs. Pope say about Enid when her friends are at her house making crafts for her Christmas party in Chapter 29?

5. What does Enid name her daughter?

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