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

2. What is Enid yelling when she runs toward Margery as she boards the boat in Chapter 17?
(a) Two pairs of wings!
(b) Here I come!
(c) We are a team!
(d) Wait up, Marge!

3. What does Margery ask Enid to stop doing after the cop lets them go in Chapter 23?
(a) Lying.
(b) Stealing and bribing.
(c) Driving so fast.
(d) Talking.

4. What does Enid have with her when Mundic follows her in Aden?
(a) Someone else's suitcase.
(b) A wad of cash.
(c) Margery's passport.
(d) British newspapers.

5. What is Margery teaching her students at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) How to clean floors.
(b) How to dress nicely for your husband.
(c) How to sew tattered clothing.
(d) How to make cake during wartime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Enid keep close to her at all times during her and Margery's trip?

2. Where does Margery decide she will go while she is on the bus after leaving her job?

3. What does Enid come back to Margery with after leaving to buy watermelon in Chapter 23?

4. Where does the book Margery's father shows her say the golden beetle can be found?

5. What does Enid confess to Margery on the flying boat to New Caledonia in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Enid's husband unable to go to war despite having gone to military training?

3. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?

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

5. What does Enid do when Margery tells her that her missing Gladstone bag has all of the equipment she needs in Chapter 19?

6. What does Enid tell Margery she plans to do when they arrive in Brisbane, and how does Margery feel about this?

7. What news does Margery's father receive after showing her the golden beetle and what does he do in response?

8. What happens in their cabin on the boat that makes Margery decide she does not trust Enid and will find a new assistant?

9. How does Mundic's mother react to his bullying as a child and what does she tell him about the "flame inside of him" (96)?

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

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