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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 do the police find in Enid's apartment five weeks after she left with Margery?
(a) Her abandoned children.
(b) Her sister's dead body.
(c) Twenty cats.
(d) Her husband's dead body.

2. What does Enid tell everyone on the boat about Margery?
(a) She stole lacrosse boots.
(b) She is a college teacher.
(c) She is from the Natural History Museum.
(d) She is a millionaire.

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

4. Who has Enid gone off with in Brisbane?
(a) Mundic.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Miss Hamilton.
(d) The ship's captain.

5. Who is getting closer to New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 24?
(a) Mrs. Pope.
(b) The British Police.
(c) Miss Hamilton.
(d) Mundic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid tell Margery just three days before they arrive in Brisbane?

2. What word does Margery use to try to describe her face on her passport application?

3. What does Enid tell Margery that Taylor has so she must return to him at the end of Chapter 14?

4. What does Mundic do on the boat when Margery falls down the stairs?

5. What do the shanty boys try to sell Enid and Margery at the bungalow in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Margery learn that Enid stole equipment from the Catholic school?

8. How does Enid help Margery board the plane in Chapter 17, "Two Pairs of Wings"?

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

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

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