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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mundic take from the bungalow in Chapter 47 when he gets there to find it empty?
(a) The red valise.
(b) A carving knife.
(c) A beetle.
(d) Their blankets.

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

3. 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 had seen Enid and Margery.
(c) If he is Norman Skinner.
(d) If he broke into the Catholic school.

4. What French phrase does Margery use that results in the officer letting them continue on the east coast route in Chapter 50?
(a) I am going to the next village to sell my grandmother's hens.
(b) I am traveling with a bucket of eels to the shanty town.
(c) I am bringing a loaf of bread to a sick neighbor.
(d) I am driving around in search of a golden beetle.

5. Why do the women decide they cannot flirt with the police officer who pulls them over on the east coast route in Chapter 50?
(a) The officer is female.
(b) The officer cannot see.
(c) The officer is not attractive.
(d) The officer is very mean.

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

7. 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 bat.
(c) A spider.
(d) A monkey.

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 take a boat.
(b) They need to slam on the gas.
(c) They need to take a mule.
(d) They need to swim.

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

10. 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) The school she worked at.
(c) The beetle.
(d) Professor Smith.

11. What lands on Margery's hands after she scaled the mountain barefoot just before they were to leave for good?
(a) A golden beetle.
(b) A carabid.
(c) A silver weevil.
(d) A hot pink scarab.

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

13. What does Enid name her daughter?
(a) Percy Benson.
(b) Gloria Benson.
(c) Margery Pretty.
(d) Margery Collett.

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

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 frame someone for the murder and collect the reward money.
(c) She will sell her specimens to a private collector.
(d) She will become a famous entomologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid show Margery she had been hiding in the red valise in Chapter 42 after confessing she killed her husband?

2. Why does Enid insist on taking Mr. Rawlings up the mountain with them at the start of their expedition?

3. What does Margery do just after Enid confesses to her that she killed her husband in Chapter 42?

4. What is the first thing Enid looks for when they return to the bungalow after the storm in Chapter 35?

5. What does Professor Smith begin doing to Margery while they are having tea which she says nothing about?

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