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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Enid and Margery sleep on their first night in Poum in Chapter 23?
2. What student of Margery's laughs out loud at the note she is passed while Margery is teaching?
3. What is the name of the bungalow Enid and Margery stay at in Chapter 25?
4. What does Enid do when Margery hurts her hip trying to get away from her at the train station?
5. How does Enid say she felt when she saw the women laugh at Margery at the garden party?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Margery ultimately realize her brother's died in 1914?
2. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?
3. What news does Margery's father receive after showing her the golden beetle and what does he do in response?
4. Why was Enid's husband unable to go to war despite having gone to military training?
5. Why does Margery laugh at Mr. Mundic during their interview for the assistant position?
6. Why do Enid and Margery have to sleep in their jeep the first day they arrive in Poum?
7. Why does Margery tell Enid that "the post is no longer available" (42) when she first meets her at Fenchurch Station in Chapter 7?
8. What does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she walks out of her job in Chapter 2?
9. How does Margery learn that Enid stole equipment from the Catholic school?
10. How does Taylor react to seeing Margery in their hut when she goes there to find Enid in Chapter 14?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed analysis of trauma in Miss Benson's Beetle. What types of trauma do the character's experience? What are examples of how they cope with their life's trauma? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed analysis of tone in Joyce's Miss Benson's Beetle. Include whether the tone changes or remains the same. If it changes, include details on when, why and whether this change is effective.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the theme of friendship in Miss Benson's Beetle. Outline how Enid and Margery's friendship develops over time. What events bring them closer? Why? How do the women change each other's lives?
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