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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. What does Enid tell everyone on the boat about Margery?

2. What do Enid's neighbors do five weeks after she left Britain?

3. What do Enid's letters to Margery always include?

4. What is Enid yelling when she runs toward Margery as she boards the boat in Chapter 17?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Margery learn that Enid stole equipment from the Catholic school?

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

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

5. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

9. What are the four problems Margery encounters when they first arrive at New Caledonia in Chapter 18?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Joyce's decision to use third person point-of-view in Miss Benson's Beetle. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the significance of war on Miss Benson's Beetle. How is Margery's life impacted by the first world war? How are all the character's lives impacted by the second world war? In what ways do the wars develop the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Joyces's language style and word choice in Miss Benson's Beetle. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.

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