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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Margery teaching her students at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) How to dress nicely for your husband.
(b) How to clean floors.
(c) How to make cake during wartime.
(d) How to sew tattered clothing.

2. What does Enid wear while she cleans the bungalow in Chapter 25?
(a) Margery's best frock.
(b) A French maid uniform.
(c) Just her undies.
(d) A leopard print bikini.

3. What does Margery immerse herself in more after her mother's death?
(a) Studying beetles.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Studying psychology.
(d) Religion.

4. What is Margery's father's name?
(a) Timothy.
(b) Robert Benson.
(c) Tobias Benson.
(d) Richard Benson.

5. What does the letter Margery finds under her door in Chapter 3 from her school say?
(a) They understand her stress and would like to help.
(b) She can have her job back if she returns the boots.
(c) The police have been notified of her theft.
(d) She can come back to work when she is ready.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enid come back to Margery with after leaving to buy watermelon in Chapter 23?

2. What does Margery do for Enid in an attempt to care for her in Chapter 12?

3. What does Enid tell Margery to do when they are pulled over by a cop in Chapter 23?

4. What does Margery learn at the garden party was recently stolen from the Catholic School?

5. What does Enid tell everyone on the boat about Margery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four problems Margery encounters when they first arrive at New Caledonia in Chapter 18?

2. What happens when Mundic arrives in Brisbane? How does he end up heading to New Caledonia?

3. What does Enid tell Margery she plans to do when they arrive in Brisbane, and how does Margery feel about this?

4. How does Enid work to improve the state of the bungalow in Chapter 25?

5. Why was Enid's husband unable to go to war despite having gone to military training?

6. Why does Margery laugh at Mr. Mundic during their interview for the assistant position?

7. How does Mundic manage to get a cabin on the ship Enid and Margery are on?

8. How are Enid and Margery's experiences different during their first weeks on the ship?

9. What does Enid do when Margery tells her that her missing Gladstone bag has all of the equipment she needs in Chapter 19?

10. How does Margery react when Enid comes to their cabin door covered in blood at the start of Chapter 12?

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