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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 does Enid realize is gone while she piles stones for Mr. Rawlings grave in Chapter 39?
(a) Margery's specimens.
(b) The red valise.
(c) The gun she buried.
(d) Their money.

2. How many specimens have Enid and Margery collected a week before they are to depart New Caledonia?
(a) 75.
(b) 18.
(c) 50.
(d) 150.

3. What does Enid give to the boys from the shantytown after she finally gets a radio signal?
(a) The red valise.
(b) Her wallet.
(c) Taylor's gun.
(d) Her radio.

4. What type of beetle do Margery and Enid find many specimens of during the first weeks at the mountain?
(a) Golden.
(b) Clown.
(c) Scarabs.
(d) Weevils.

5. What does Enid tell Margery about herself at camp one night on the mountain in Chapter 33?
(a) She knows Mundic.
(b) She killed her husband.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She cannot speak French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the main topics of conversation at Mrs. Pope's holiday party in Chapter 34?

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

3. What does Enid tell Margery happened to their toilet paper in Chapter 30?

4. What is Enid surprised Margery had not tried to do before she left for the expedition as they set up camp the first night on the mountain?

5. What does Margery tell Enid she taught her students to do in her domestic science class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a female officer pulls Enid and Margery over in Chapter 50 after they leave Dolly's?

2. What does Enid confess to Margery in Chapter 42 just two weeks before they are to depart New Caledonia?

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

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

5. What is Margery's role during Enid's labor in Chapter 44?

6. 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?

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

8. Why does Enid begin to think she is still pregnant, and how does Margery react to this news?

9. Why is Enid worried they will not be successful after Mr. Rawlings' death?

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

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