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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Pope find in Margery's Gladstone bag, which convinces her that Margery had something to do with the Catholic school break-in?
(a) Her passport.
(b) A gun.
(c) Her equipment.
(d) A lock pick.

2. What type of shoe does Enid suggest Margery wear when she becomes "a famous beetle collector" (229) in Chapter 38?
(a) A small heel.
(b) A sandal.
(c) A loafer.
(d) A boot.

3. 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?
(a) They need to swim.
(b) They need to slam on the gas.
(c) They need to take a mule.
(d) They need to take a boat.

4. What do the French police tell Mr. Pope his wife should stop doing after they go to the bungalow in Chapter 49?
(a) Playing detective.
(b) Throwing parties.
(c) Bothering innocent women.
(d) Wasting police time.

5. Who does Margery find in the bungalow after she finds the golden beetle on the mountain?
(a) Mundic.
(b) The French Police.
(c) Mrs. Pope.
(d) Norman Skinner.

6. What does Enid tell Margery that Gloria will not be happy to learn when she grows up in Chapter 48?
(a) Enid does not know who her father is.
(b) Margery does not like children.
(c) Enid killed her father.
(d) Margery gave up her dream for her.

7. What it significant about February 16, the date Enid's daughter is born?
(a) They were supposed to leave New Caledonia that day.
(b) It is Margery's birthday.
(c) It is Enid's husband's birthday.
(d) It is the day Margery's father had killed himself.

8. What is a very pregnant Enid wearing when she confesses to Margery that she killed her husband?
(a) Margery's purple frock.
(b) Bermuda shorts and a t-shirt.
(c) A leopard bikini.
(d) Her pink travel suit.

9. Who tells Mrs. Pope she is getting "carried away" (267) when Mrs. Pope discusses her thoughts on the Nancy Collett case?
(a) Mundic.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Maurice.

10. What is Enid surprised Margery had not tried to do before she left for the expedition as they set up camp the first night on the mountain?
(a) Seen a golden beetle.
(b) Exercised.
(c) Camped.
(d) Tried to put up her tent.

11. Why are the shantytown boys worry when Margery and Enid head toward the mountain?
(a) They think Mundic is waiting for them.
(b) They believe it is haunted.
(c) They do not think woman can climb mountains.
(d) They think they will be eaten by coyotes.

12. Why was Perce covered in blood when Enid came home the night she killed him?
(a) Someone had stabbed him.
(b) His brother shot him.
(c) Enid had shot him and left.
(d) He tried to slit his wrists.

13. What does Dolly say about Enid and Margery when she runs into Mrs. Pope in Chapter 49?
(a) They are famous explorers.
(b) They are thieves.
(c) They are vicious killers.
(d) They are lovely women.

14. What does Enid make for breakfast after their first night on the mountain in Chapter 30?
(a) Bacon and eggs.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) French toast.
(d) Spam and mashed bananas.

15. What item of Mundic's does the British consul keep before releasing Mundic and telling him to report back in one week?
(a) His notebook.
(b) His suitcase.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His passport.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Margery decide she will earn money to help protect Enid in Chapter 42 after Enid's confession?

2. What type of beetle do Margery and Enid find many specimens of during the first weeks at the mountain?

3. How long were Margery and the professor friends?

4. Where do Enid and Margery find Mr. Rawlings dead body after searching for him for hours in Chapter 38?

5. On what condition does Enid say she will join Margery in Poum at the start of Chapter 37?

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