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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a server at Mrs. Pope's party say has gone missing after she tells her friends she does not trust Mundic in Chapter 34?
(a) The china set.
(b) A gun.
(c) The roast.
(d) A carving knife.

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

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

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

5. Who does the British consul introduce his wife to at their party in Chapter 34?
(a) Miss Hamilton.
(b) Margery.
(c) Enid.
(d) Mundic.

6. How much time do Enid and Margery have left in New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 42?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) One week.

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

8. What does Enid show Margery she had been hiding in the red valise in Chapter 42 after confessing she killed her husband?
(a) Two pillows.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) Perce's head.

9. What do the women at Mrs. Pope's house learn about the Catholic school break-in which astonishes them?
(a) The suspect is British.
(b) The suspect is Mrs. Pope.
(c) The suspect is a native.
(d) The suspect is Dolly.

10. What does Mrs. Pope find in Margery's Gladstone bag, which convinces her that Margery had something to do with the Catholic school break-in?
(a) Her passport.
(b) A gun.
(c) A lock pick.
(d) Her equipment.

11. What color is Enid's hair after she emerges from the water in Chapter 38?
(a) Blond.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

12. 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) A pack of wolves.
(c) A cyclone.
(d) The police.

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

14. What does Mrs. Pope tell Mundic about Margery when he tells her he is looking for her in Chapter 34?
(a) She is traveling with a call girl.
(b) She broke into the Catholic school.
(c) She is wanted for murder.
(d) She left a month ago.

15. How long after Margery's aunt's deaths did Barbara die?
(a) 6 months.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dolly say about Enid and Margery when she runs into Mrs. Pope in Chapter 49?

2. What does Enid make for breakfast after their first night on the mountain in Chapter 30?

3. 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?

4. What illness did Margery's aunts die from?

5. On what condition does Enid say she will join Margery in Poum at the start of Chapter 37?

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