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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lands on Margery's face when she is trying to sleep outside in her hammock their first night on the mountain?
(a) A canary.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A spider.
(d) A bat.

2. 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.

3. 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) Her mother.
(b) Professor Smith.
(c) The school she worked at.
(d) The beetle.

4. Why was Perce covered in blood when Enid came home the night she killed him?
(a) Enid had shot him and left.
(b) He tried to slit his wrists.
(c) His brother shot him.
(d) Someone had stabbed him.

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

6. 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) Their money.
(d) The red valise.

7. What does Enid bury Mr. Rawlings near after his death in Chapter 39?
(a) The road.
(b) Her favorite tree.
(c) The ravine.
(d) The gun.

8. 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 cyclone.
(d) A pack of wolves.

9. What does Mundic learn in Chapter 31 when he meets the British consul?
(a) The consul cheats on his wife.
(b) Enid is wanted for Murder.
(c) He is the lead suspect in the Catholic-school break-in.
(d) Margery is wanted for murder.

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

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

12. What does Margery say when Enid asks her if she was a good teacher in Chapter 38?
(a) She was excellent.
(b) She has no idea.
(c) She was terrible.
(d) She was never a teacher.

13. What does Margery do just after Enid confesses to her that she killed her husband in Chapter 42?
(a) She throws up.
(b) She tells the shanty boys to get rid of Enid.
(c) She calls the police.
(d) She hugs Enid.

14. What is a very pregnant Enid wearing when she confesses to Margery that she killed her husband?
(a) Her pink travel suit.
(b) A leopard bikini.
(c) Margery's purple frock.
(d) Bermuda shorts and a t-shirt.

15. What flower has a connection to the golden beetle?
(a) Blue hydrangea.
(b) Red rose.
(c) Purple coneflower.
(d) White orchid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margery tell Enid she taught her students to do in her domestic science class?

2. What lands on Margery's hands after she scaled the mountain barefoot just before they were to leave for good?

3. What French phrase does Margery use that results in the officer letting them continue on the east coast route in Chapter 50?

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

5. How did Professor Smith react when Margery told him about the golden beetle?

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