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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. What is the name of the book Margery's father shows her at the start of Miss Benson's Beetle?
(a) Incredible Creatures.
(b) The Darwin Awards.
(c) Insects of the World.
(d) National Geographic Animal Encyclopedia.

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

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

4. When Margery applied for her position, what did the ad specify?
(a) Mothers Need Not Apply.
(b) Must Love Children.
(c) Must Love Cooking.
(d) Single Women Only.

5. Why does Miss Hamilton ultimately refuse Margery's job offer?
(a) She learned what Margery did at the school.
(b) She got sick.
(c) She was unable to get a passport in time.
(d) She thought the expedition seemed ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Margery find Enid after searching Brisbane for her in Chapter 14?

2. What does Mundic begin to do after his first meeting with Margery?

3. What does the letter Margery finds under her door in Chapter 3 from her school say?

4. Who has Enid gone off with in Brisbane?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mundic manage to get a cabin on the ship Enid and Margery are on?

3. How does Taylor react to seeing Margery in their hut when she goes there to find Enid in Chapter 14?

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

5. How are Enid and Margery's experiences different during their first weeks on the ship?

6. Describe the note Margery's students are passing around during her domestic science class in Chapter 2.

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

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

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

10. Chapter 22 describes how information on Nancy Collett was all over the British newspapers. What information do they have so far about Nancy and her accomplice?

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