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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 student of Margery's laughs out loud at the note she is passed while Margery is teaching?
(a) Cindy Simon.
(b) Barbara McGovern.
(c) Thea Colburn.
(d) Wendy Thompson.

2. What initials are on Enid's red valise before she covers them with a Band-Aid?
(a) E.P.
(b) N.C.
(c) M.M.
(d) M.B.

3. What word does Margery use to try to describe her face on her passport application?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Buxom.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Intelligent.

4. What do the shanty boys try to sell Enid and Margery at the bungalow in Chapter 25?
(a) A goat.
(b) Cleaning supplies.
(c) Some gum.
(d) A shovel.

5. Why do the boiler men who find Mundic decide not to turn him in and help him stay on the ship instead?
(a) He is a POW and they feel bad.
(b) He threatened them.
(c) He bribes them.
(d) They get him to do their work for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe New Caledonia according to Horace Blake's pocket guide in Chapter 18?

2. What does Mrs. Pope say about New Caledonia when Margery talks to her at the garden party in Chapter 21?

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

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

5. Who does Margery write to requesting funding for her expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Margery think when she sees the golden beetle in her father's book Incredible Creatures, and what does she decide she will do after her father leaves the room?

2. 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)?

3. Why does Margery laugh at Mr. Mundic during their interview for the assistant position?

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

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

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

7. How does Enid work to improve the state of the bungalow in Chapter 25?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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