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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 type of shoe does Enid suggest Margery wear when she becomes "a famous beetle collector" (229) in Chapter 38?

2. What illness did Margery's aunts die from?

3. What did the Professor introduce Margery as when he took her to tearooms?

4. How did Professor Smith react when Margery told him about the golden beetle?

5. What does Dolly say about Enid and Margery when she runs into Mrs. Pope in Chapter 49?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

5. Why does Enid begin to think she is still pregnant, and how does Margery react to this news?

6. What is Margery's role during Enid's labor in Chapter 44?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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.

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