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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 her daughter?
2. What did Enid use to end her husband's life after he begged her too?
3. What type of shoe does Enid suggest Margery wear when she becomes "a famous beetle collector" (229) in Chapter 38?
4. What does Mundic steal from the British consul at the party in Chapter 36?
5. What do Enid and Margery have to do to get across the river they encounter at the end of the east coast route in Chapter 50?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Margery's role during Enid's labor in Chapter 44?
2. What are some of the signs in Chapter 46 that Enid is not well after giving birth to Gloria?
3. What were some of the thing the British newspaper said about Nancy Collett in Chapter 32?
4. Why does Enid begin to think she is still pregnant, and how does Margery react to this news?
5. How does Dolly Wiggs get involved with Enid and Margery in Chapter 48?
6. How does Margery react when Enid tells her she has a gun she stole from Taylor?
7. What happens when a female officer pulls Enid and Margery over in Chapter 50 after they leave Dolly's?
8. How does Mundic manage to find Margery and Enid's bungalow in Chapter 36?
9. What is strange about Mr. Rawlings' behavior and what happens to him in Chapter 38?
10. How does Mrs. Pope become certain that Margery and Enid were involved in the school break-in in Chapter 40?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of Miss Benson’s Beetle. How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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