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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 10 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Enid tell Margery just three days before they arrive in Brisbane?
(a) That she cannot speak French.
(b) That she is going to stay there and have a baby.
(c) That Enid is not her real name.
(d) That she does not have a passport.

2. In whose letters does Margery think she has found proof the golden beetle exists?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Thomas Edison.

3. What does Mr. Mundic tell Margery about himself when she first meets him?
(a) He is an entomologist.
(b) He is an excellent driver.
(c) He had been a POW in Burma.
(d) He was a former schoolteacher.

4. What does Mr. Mundic say they will find in New Caledonia which makes Margery laugh?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Tigers.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Octopi.

5. Where does the book Margery's father shows her say the golden beetle can be found?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) California.
(d) New Caledonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margery immerse herself in more after her mother's death?

2. What does Mundic do the day Margery leaves for her trip with Enid?

3. What word does Enid use to describe her need to be a mother and Margery's need to find the golden beetle?

4. What does Enid tell Margery when she returns after her fall down the stairs in Chapter 12?

5. What does Enid tell Margery that Taylor has so she must return to him at the end of Chapter 14?

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