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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. Who does Margery think of when she boards the flying boat at the start of Chapter 17?
2. What clothing item does Margery steal before leaving the school the day students passed a note with a drawing of her on it?
3. Where does Mundic follow Enid to when the ship ports at Aden in Chapter 11?
4. What place does Margery visit after her mother's death at the urging of her maid, Barbara?
5. What does Enid come back to Margery with after leaving to buy watermelon in Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Enid tell Margery she plans to do when they arrive in Brisbane, and how does Margery feel about this?
2. What happens in their cabin on the boat that makes Margery decide she does not trust Enid and will find a new assistant?
3. 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)?
4. What does Mundic do to Margery after their first meeting?
5. How does Enid work to improve the state of the bungalow in Chapter 25?
6. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?
7. How are Enid and Margery's experiences different during their first weeks on the ship?
8. What are the four problems Margery encounters when they first arrive at New Caledonia in Chapter 18?
9. 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?
10. Why does Margery tell Enid that "the post is no longer available" (42) when she first meets her at Fenchurch Station in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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