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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 first problem Margery encounters when they arrive in Noumea in Chapter 18?
(a) She cannot find a place for them to stay.
(b) She needs to have her visa extended.
(c) They are in the wrong town.
(d) She lost her wallet.

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. 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 never let anyone take her picture.
(c) She threw all her old pictures away.
(d) She had cut her face out of all of her photos.

4. What British news do the ladies at the garden party ask Margery about in Chapter 21?
(a) Norman Skinner.
(b) The Festival of Britain.
(c) Nancy Collet.
(d) The Royal family.

5. Who is the only person Margery does not reply to after posting her ad in the newspaper?
(a) Mr. Mundic.
(b) Enid Pretty.
(c) Mr. Reynolds.
(d) Miss Hamilton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margery's father do after the phone call he receives while in the study with Margery?

2. Who is the author of Miss Benson's Beetle?

3. What does Enid tell Margery when she returns after her fall down the stairs in Chapter 12?

4. What is one of Enid's favorite things to talk about?

5. Where are Margery and Enid invited to at the end of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Margery learn that Enid stole the old army jeep they are driving in Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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