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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Margery meet Professor Smith when she was younger?
(a) A blind date.
(b) He was her college instructor.
(c) An Entomologist's conference.
(d) The Insect Gallery of the Museum.

2. Who does Mrs. Pope say must be responsible for the Catholic school break-in?
(a) Enid Pretty.
(b) Dolly.
(c) The natives.
(d) Her husband.

3. What is the third problem Margery encounters when they arrive in Noumea in Chapter 18?
(a) She falls ill.
(b) She and Enid get lost.
(c) She forgot why she was there.
(d) Her luggage has been lost.

4. Why is Margery unable to provide an old photo of herself to the passport office?
(a) She never let anyone take her picture.
(b) She threw all her old pictures away.
(c) She had cut her face out of all of her photos.
(d) She never knew anyone with a camera.

5. What does Mr. Mundic tell Margery about himself when she first meets him?
(a) He had been a POW in Burma.
(b) He was a former schoolteacher.
(c) He is an entomologist.
(d) He is an excellent driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid tell Margery when they find their bungalow broken and filled with trash in Chapter 25?

2. Where does Mundic hide out on the ship after sneaking on in Chapter 9?

3. How does Enid react when Margery tells her how she stole the lacrosse boots from school?

4. Who is the author of Miss Benson's Beetle?

5. How long had Margery worked at the school at the time she walked out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mundic do to Margery after their first meeting?

2. Why do Enid and Margery have to sleep in their jeep the first day they arrive in Poum?

3. Why does Margery tell Enid that "the post is no longer available" (42) when she first meets her at Fenchurch Station in Chapter 7?

4. What does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she walks out of her job in Chapter 2?

5. What event at Margery's aunt's house reignited her passion for beetles after her father died?

6. What does the bungalow look like when Margery and Enid first arrive there in Chapter 25?

7. How does Margery ultimately realize her brother's died in 1914?

8. What happens when Mundic arrives in Brisbane? How does he end up heading to New Caledonia?

9. Describe the letters Enid Pretty writes Margery to inquire about the job Margery posted in the newspaper.

10. How does Margery react when Enid comes to their cabin door covered in blood at the start of Chapter 12?

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