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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. How much time do Enid and Margery have left in New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 42?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) One week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

2. Where do Enid and Margery find Mr. Rawlings dead body after searching for him for hours in Chapter 38?
(a) The top of the mountain.
(b) In the bungalow.
(c) The bottom of the bathing pool.
(d) The bottom of a ravine.

3. What does Enid tell Margery happened to their toilet paper in Chapter 30?
(a) It was stolen by the shantytown boys.
(b) It was eaten by insects.
(c) It was soaked from rain.
(d) She forgot to pack it.

4. Why are the shantytown boys worry when Margery and Enid head toward the mountain?
(a) They do not think woman can climb mountains.
(b) They think they will be eaten by coyotes.
(c) They think Mundic is waiting for them.
(d) They believe it is haunted.

5. How does Margery decide she will earn money to help protect Enid in Chapter 42 after Enid's confession?
(a) She will sell her specimens to a private collector.
(b) She will write a book about their journey.
(c) She will become a famous entomologist.
(d) She will frame someone for the murder and collect the reward money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a server at Mrs. Pope's party say has gone missing after she tells her friends she does not trust Mundic in Chapter 34?

2. What does Mrs. Pope tell Mundic about Margery when he tells her he is looking for her in Chapter 34?

3. What does the officer who approaches Mundic in Chapter 45 ask him after Mundic showed him his papers?

4. What does Margery do just after Enid confesses to her that she killed her husband in Chapter 42?

5. What does Margery say when Enid asks her if she was a good teacher in Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the thing the British newspaper said about Nancy Collett in Chapter 32?

2. Why are Enid and Margery unable to begin their expedition the first three days they arrive? How do the shantytown boys react when they depart and why?

3. What is strange about Mr. Rawlings' behavior and what happens to him in Chapter 38?

4. Describe Mundic's physical and mental health in Chapter 45 around when he finds the bungalow while Enid is in labor?

5. How does Mrs. Pope become certain that Margery and Enid were involved in the school break-in in Chapter 40?

6. Why does the British consul soften up on Mundic after Mundic is brought to him for questioning?

7. How does Margery decide she will help Enid after she learns the truth about Enid's husband?

8. How does Mundic manage to find Margery and Enid's bungalow in Chapter 36?

9. How does Margery finally discover the golden beetle of New Caledonia in Chapter 52?

10. Why did Mundic kill Mr. Rawlings?

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