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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) In the bungalow.
(c) The bottom of the bathing pool.
(d) The bottom of a ravine.

3. What is one of the main topics of conversation at Mrs. Pope's holiday party in Chapter 34?
(a) Margery Benson.
(b) Nancy Collet.
(c) Mr. Mundic.
(d) The Festival of Britain.

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

5. What it significant about February 16, the date Enid's daughter is born?
(a) They were supposed to leave New Caledonia that day.
(b) It is Enid's husband's birthday.
(c) It is the day Margery's father had killed himself.
(d) It is Margery's birthday.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What news takes over the British papers after Perce's brother proves his brother wanted to commit suicide?
(a) The Festival of Britain.
(b) Norman Skinner.
(c) The Lacrosse boots theft.
(d) Margery's affair with Professor Smith.

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

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

12. 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 driving around in search of a golden beetle.
(c) I am bringing a loaf of bread to a sick neighbor.
(d) I am traveling with a bucket of eels to the shanty town.

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

14. What does Enid give to the boys from the shantytown after she finally gets a radio signal?
(a) The red valise.
(b) Her radio.
(c) Taylor's gun.
(d) Her wallet.

15. What does Dolly say about Enid and Margery when she runs into Mrs. Pope in Chapter 49?
(a) They are vicious killers.
(b) They are famous explorers.
(c) They are thieves.
(d) They are lovely women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the east coast route Margery and Enid have to take after the west coast route is blocked in Chapter 50?

2. What types of flower do Enid and Margery find on their third trek up the mountain in Chapter 30?

3. 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?

4. How long after Margery's aunt's deaths did Barbara die?

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

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