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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 name the stray dog that begins to follow her and Margery around Noumea in Chapter 18?
2. What does Margery do for Enid in an attempt to care for her in Chapter 12?
3. Who does Mrs. Pope say must be responsible for the Catholic school break-in?
4. What does the note students pass in Margery's class say under the cartoon image of Margery?
5. How does Enid say she felt when she saw the women laugh at Margery at the garden party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What news does Margery's father receive after showing her the golden beetle and what does he do in response?
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. What happens in their cabin on the boat that makes Margery decide she does not trust Enid and will find a new assistant?
4. How does Margery react when Enid comes to their cabin door covered in blood at the start of Chapter 12?
5. How does Margery learn that Enid stole the old army jeep they are driving in Chapter 23?
6. How does Enid work to improve the state of the bungalow in Chapter 25?
7. How does Mundic manage to get a cabin on the ship Enid and Margery are on?
8. How does Taylor react to seeing Margery in their hut when she goes there to find Enid in Chapter 14?
9. What event at Margery's aunt's house reignited her passion for beetles after her father died?
10. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a brief essay analyzing Joyce's choice to write Miss Benson's Beetle in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
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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