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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 the letter Margery finds under her door in Chapter 3 from her school say?

2. What is Margery teaching her students at the start of Chapter 2?

3. What does Margery do in Chapter 12 when Enid knocks on their cabin door covered in blood?

4. What student of Margery's laughs out loud at the note she is passed while Margery is teaching?

5. Who is getting closer to New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mundic's mother react to his bullying as a child and what does she tell him about the "flame inside of him" (96)?

2. Describe Margery's aunts Hazel and Lorna whom she moved in with after her father's death.

3. Why does Margery tell Enid that "the post is no longer available" (42) when she first meets her at Fenchurch Station in Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Mundic do to Margery after their first meeting?

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

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

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

9. How are Enid and Margery's experiences different during their first weeks on the ship?

10. Describe the letters Enid Pretty writes Margery to inquire about the job Margery posted in the newspaper.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Rachel Joyce's Miss Benson's Beetle. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the novel is effective in conveying the story’s themes of friendship, female identity, ambition, and endurance.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write a character analysis of Mundic in Miss Benson's Beetle. Is he a protagonist or antagonist? Focus your analysis on the character's psychology. Describe Mundic's internal anguish. Is he a danger? If so, to whom? In what ways does Mundic's behavior deviate from societal norms? How has the war impacted Mundic's sense of reality? Why is Mundic's story significant to the overall storyline in Miss Bensons's Beetle?

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