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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 are Margery and Enid invited to at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) The cafe for a double date.
(b) A musical performance at the port.
(c) A garden party at the British consul's home.
(d) A lecture on beetles.

2. In whose letters does Margery think she has found proof the golden beetle exists?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Thomas Edison.

3. What item does Enid keep close to her at all times during her and Margery's trip?
(a) Her wedding ring.
(b) A red valise.
(c) Her pink purse.
(d) Her passport.

4. What is the name of the bungalow Enid and Margery stay at in Chapter 25?
(a) The Last Laugh.
(b) The Final Frontier.
(c) The Last Place.
(d) Nowhere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margery tell Enid Pretty to avoid packing when she writes her a letter offering her the job?

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

3. What does Margery immerse herself in more after her mother's death?

4. What does Mr. Mundic call Margery when she tells him he does not need to bring a gun to New Caledonia?

5. What is the name of the widow Margery interviews for her assistant position and likes very much?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Margery's aunts Hazel and Lorna whom she moved in with after her father's death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Margery feel when Miss Hamilton refuses the job as her assistant after finding out what happened at her school?

10. 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?

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