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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 a teary-eyed Mundic tell Mrs. Pope about Margery in Chapter 34?

2. How many specimens do Enid and Margery find when they return to the mountain in Chapter 38?

3. What does Mrs. Pope tell Mundic about Margery when he tells her he is looking for her in Chapter 34?

4. How much time do Enid and Margery have left in New Caledonia at the start of Chapter 42?

5. What does Enid make for breakfast after their first night on the mountain in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mundic manage to find Margery and Enid's bungalow in Chapter 36?

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

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

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

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

7. Why do the British papers no longer speak of Nancy Collett, and what news takes over?

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

9. What were some of the thing the British newspaper said about Nancy Collett in Chapter 32?

10. How does Mundic react when Mrs. Pope tells him Margery and Enid left for the mountain weeks ago in Chapter 34?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining guns as a symbol in Miss Benson's Beetle. In what scenes do guns appear? What is the context? How do guns develop the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Joyce's commentary on gender in Miss Benson's Beetle. How is Margery’s gender important to the story? How does it impact the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.

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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