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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 is the only person Margery does not reply to after posting her ad in the newspaper?
2. What do Enid's letters to Margery always include?
3. What do the police find in Enid's apartment five weeks after she left with Margery?
4. What place does Margery visit after her mother's death at the urging of her maid, Barbara?
5. What does Enid wear while she cleans the bungalow in Chapter 25?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Enid and Margery have to sleep in their jeep the first day they arrive in Poum?
2. How does Margery feel when Miss Hamilton refuses the job as her assistant after finding out what happened at her school?
3. What does Enid tell Margery she plans to do when they arrive in Brisbane, and how does Margery feel about this?
4. What does Margery place an ad in the newspaper for the day after she walks out of her job in Chapter 2?
5. What does the bungalow look like when Margery and Enid first arrive there in Chapter 25?
6. How does Mundic manage to board the ship Margery and Enid are on in Chapter 9?
7. Why was Enid's husband unable to go to war despite having gone to military training?
8. 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)?
9. Why does Margery laugh at Mr. Mundic during their interview for the assistant position?
10. How does Margery ultimately realize her brother's died in 1914?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Miss Benson's Beetle incorporate both comedic and tragic elements. Write an essay discussing how these elements are used in the novel. How does combining these elements impact the reader's experience? Use textual evidence to support your discussion.
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 the theme of friendship in Miss Benson's Beetle. Outline how Enid and Margery's friendship develops over time. What events bring them closer? Why? How do the women change each other's lives?
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