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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what condition does Enid say she will join Margery in Poum at the start of Chapter 37?
(a) Margery must wear Enid's pink outfit.
(b) Margery must have some cocktails.
(c) Margery must pay for everything.
(d) Margery must bleach her hair.

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

3. Who does Enid tell Margery convinced her to apply to Margery's ad?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Mundic.
(c) The British consul.
(d) Her brother in law.

4. What types of flower do Enid and Margery find on their third trek up the mountain in Chapter 30?
(a) Pink Lupine.
(b) White Orchid.
(c) Pink Orchid.
(d) White Lily.

5. What are Nancy Collet and her husband "surrounded by" (193) in the photo of them in The Sunday Mail?
(a) Golden beetles.
(b) Chimpanzees.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Young men.

6. How many people attend Mrs. Pope's party in Chapter 34 in the midst of a storm?
(a) 20.
(b) 85.
(c) 0.
(d) 200.

7. How long were Margery and the professor friends?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

8. What does Enid tell Margery she stole from Taylor before leaving him?
(a) His dog.
(b) His coat.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His gun.

9. How many specimens do Enid and Margery find when they return to the mountain in Chapter 38?
(a) 0.
(b) Less than 100.
(c) Over 100.
(d) 25.

10. What name did Margery use for the professor though it was not his real name?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Philip.

11. What does Margery begin to dream of when she is hiding out at the summer house with Enid and the baby in Chapter 48?
(a) Professor Smith.
(b) The school she worked at.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The beetle.

12. How does Margery cope with her fear of being trapped on the mountain in the storm in Chapter 34?
(a) She talks nonstop.
(b) She writes in her notebook.
(c) She sings old songs.
(d) She sleeps the whole time.

13. What illness did Margery's aunts die from?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Influenza.

14. Who tells Mrs. Pope she is getting "carried away" (267) when Mrs. Pope discusses her thoughts on the Nancy Collett case?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Mundic.
(d) Dolly.

15. How does Margery decide she will earn money to help protect Enid in Chapter 42 after Enid's confession?
(a) She will write a book about their journey.
(b) She will sell her specimens to a private collector.
(c) She will become a famous entomologist.
(d) She will frame someone for the murder and collect the reward money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Margery find in the bungalow after she finds the golden beetle on the mountain?

2. What news takes over the British papers after Perce's brother proves his brother wanted to commit suicide?

3. Who does the British consul introduce his wife to at their party in Chapter 34?

4. What does Enid give to the boys from the shantytown after she finally gets a radio signal?

5. What strange question does Enid ask Margery after Enid has given birth and begun to appear very ill?

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