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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. Why do Margery and Enid have to leave the summer house they were hiding out in after Enid's surgery?

2. Who does Margery decide to go to for help in Chapter 48?

3. What are Nancy Collet and her husband "surrounded by" (193) in the photo of them in The Sunday Mail?

4. Who begins her own investigation into Enid and Margery at the start of Chapter 40?

5. What does Enid realize is gone while she piles stones for Mr. Rawlings grave in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Enid worried they will not be successful after Mr. Rawlings' death?

2. How does Margery decide she will help Enid after she learns the truth about Enid's husband?

3. How does Dolly Wiggs get involved with Enid and Margery in Chapter 48?

4. What does Enid tell Margery about her past when they are having lunch in Poum in Chapter 37?

5. What do Mrs. Pope and her friends discuss at her Friday crafting gathering in Chapter 29?

6. How does Margery react when Enid asks her if she would feel more comfortable if they kept Taylor's gun? What does Enid do with the gun?

7. Why do Enid and Margery have to run from Dolly's place in Chapter 50?

8. What does Enid confess to Margery about herself and her marriage on their fourth trek up the mountain in Chapter 36?

9. Describe what happens when Mundic finds Margery and Enid at the end of the novel.

10. What does Mrs. Pope learn when she contacts the Natural History Museum to inquire about Margery and Enid? What does she believe after this contact?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Joyce's decision to use third person point-of-view in Miss Benson's Beetle. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a brief essay analyzing chapter titles in Miss Benson's Beetle. Explore the ways in which the titles connect to the plot and themes of the novel.

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