View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margery do just after Enid confesses to her that she killed her husband in Chapter 42?

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

3. How does the Professor react when Margery had confessed her love for him?

4. Why are Margery and Enid unable to begin their expedition for three days at the start of Chapter 27?

5. Who tells Mrs. Pope she is getting "carried away" (267) when Mrs. Pope discusses her thoughts on the Nancy Collett case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mundic's physical and mental health in Chapter 45 around when he finds the bungalow while Enid is in labor?

2. How does Margery finally discover the golden beetle of New Caledonia in Chapter 52?

3. What is strange about Mr. Rawlings' behavior and what happens to him in Chapter 38?

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

5. How does Mrs. Pope become certain that Margery and Enid were involved in the school break-in in Chapter 40?

6. 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?

7. What happens when a female officer pulls Enid and Margery over in Chapter 50 after they leave Dolly's?

8. Why does the British consul soften up on Mundic after Mundic is brought to him for questioning?

9. Why are Enid and Margery unable to begin their expedition the first three days they arrive? How do the shantytown boys react when they depart and why?

10. What does Enid confess to Margery in Chapter 42 just two weeks before they are to depart New Caledonia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the red valise as a symbol in Miss Benson's Beetle. In what scenes does the valise appear? What is the context? How does the red valise move the storyline?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the imagery used in Miss Benson's Beetle. Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Joyces's language style and word choice in Miss Benson's Beetle. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 927 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample