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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 do Enid's neighbors do five weeks after she left Britain?
2. How does Enid say her parents had died when she was young?
3. How does Enid get the cop to let them go in Chapter 23?
4. What does the note students pass in Margery's class say under the cartoon image of Margery?
5. What does Enid tell Margery to do in Chapter 23 when Margery complains of how fast Enid drives?
Short Essay Questions
1. What event at Margery's aunt's house reignited her passion for beetles after her father died?
2. What does Enid do when Margery tells her that her missing Gladstone bag has all of the equipment she needs in Chapter 19?
3. How does Mundic manage to get a cabin on the ship Enid and Margery are on?
4. How are Enid and Margery's experiences different during their first weeks on the ship?
5. What does Margery think when she sees the golden beetle in her father's book Incredible Creatures, and what does she decide she will do after her father leaves the room?
6. How does Margery react when Enid comes to their cabin door covered in blood at the start of Chapter 12?
7. What happens when Mundic arrives in Brisbane? How does he end up heading to New Caledonia?
8. What does Enid tell Margery she plans to do when they arrive in Brisbane, and how does Margery feel about this?
9. What happens in their cabin on the boat that makes Margery decide she does not trust Enid and will find a new assistant?
10. How does Margery feel when Miss Hamilton refuses the job as her assistant after finding out what happened at her school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Margery and Enid in Miss Benson's Beetle. What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing the character of Mrs. Pope in Miss Benson's Beetle. Who is she? What is her marriage like? Why does she become consumed with Enid and Margery? How does this subplot impact the larger story?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining guns as a symbol in Miss Benson's Beetle. In what scenes do guns appear? What is the context? How do guns develop the narrative?
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