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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. Why do Margery and Enid have to leave the summer house they were hiding out in after Enid's surgery?
(a) Mundic is after them.
(b) The baby is sick.
(c) Dolly told Mrs. Pope where they were.
(d) They have to catch a boat.

6. What does Enid yell to Mr. Rawlings in Chapter 38 when he runs off barking as they near the bottom of the mountain?
(a) Stay!
(b) Catch him!
(c) Come back!
(d) Heel!

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

8. What does Enid tell Margery that Gloria will not be happy to learn when she grows up in Chapter 48?
(a) Margery does not like children.
(b) Enid killed her father.
(c) Enid does not know who her father is.
(d) Margery gave up her dream for her.

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

10. 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) It is Christmas.
(d) They think someone is following them.

11. What strange question does Enid ask Margery after Enid has given birth and begun to appear very ill?
(a) She asks why there is a baby in the house.
(b) She asks what the baby's name is.
(c) She asks if her mother is coming to tea.
(d) She asks when her husband will arrive.

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

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

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

15. What did the Professor introduce Margery as when he took her to tearooms?
(a) His granddaughter.
(b) His niece.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His partner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Enid use to end her husband's life after he begged her too?

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

4. How many specimens have Enid and Margery collected a week before they are to depart New Caledonia?

5. What does Enid bury Mr. Rawlings near after his death in Chapter 39?

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