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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Enid and Margery find Mr. Rawlings dead body after searching for him for hours in Chapter 38?
(a) The top of the mountain.
(b) The bottom of the bathing pool.
(c) The bottom of a ravine.
(d) In the bungalow.

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

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

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 had seen Enid and Margery.
(d) If he is Norman Skinner.

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

6. Who does Margery decide to go to for help in Chapter 48?
(a) Dolly Wiggs.
(b) Mrs. Pope.
(c) The British consul.
(d) Mr. Mundic.

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

8. How does the Professor react when Margery had confessed her love for him?
(a) He tells her he loves her too.
(b) He says they should run away together.
(c) He tells her she is a fool.
(d) He cries and apologizes to her.

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

10. What item of Mundic's does the British consul keep before releasing Mundic and telling him to report back in one week?
(a) His notebook.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His passport.
(d) His suitcase.

11. What do the shantytown boys steal from the bungalow each time Margery and Enid go to the mountain?
(a) Toilet paper.
(b) Money.
(c) Beetle specimens.
(d) Gum.

12. What do the French police tell Mr. Pope his wife should stop doing after they go to the bungalow in Chapter 49?
(a) Throwing parties.
(b) Bothering innocent women.
(c) Playing detective.
(d) Wasting police time.

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

14. 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.

15. How many specimens have Enid and Margery collected a week before they are to depart New Caledonia?
(a) 150.
(b) 18.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.

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. How long are Enid and Margery trapped on the mountain in the midst of the storm?

4. What type of beetle do Margery and Enid find many specimens of during the first weeks at the mountain?

5. Why do Margery and Enid have to leave the summer house they were hiding out in after Enid's surgery?

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