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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. As Margery and Enid argue on the mountain what do they realize is heading their way before they have time to leave the mountain in Chapter 33?
(a) Mundic.
(b) A pack of wolves.
(c) A cyclone.
(d) The police.

2. What does Mundic steal from the British consul at the party in Chapter 36?
(a) A carving knife.
(b) His wallet and a bottle of wine.
(c) His wife's purse.
(d) His passport.

3. How did Professor Smith react when Margery told him about the golden beetle?
(a) He told her to give up on entomology.
(b) He laughed.
(c) He fired her.
(d) He said he would look into it.

4. What does Margery say when Enid asks her if she was a good teacher in Chapter 38?
(a) She was excellent.
(b) She was terrible.
(c) She has no idea.
(d) She was never a teacher.

5. What does Margery begin to dream of when she is hiding out at the summer house with Enid and the baby in Chapter 48?
(a) Professor Smith.
(b) The school she worked at.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The beetle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What French phrase does Margery use that results in the officer letting them continue on the east coast route in Chapter 50?

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

3. What do the French police find in the bungalow when they go there looking for Enid and Margery per Mrs. Pope's urging?

4. What do the British papers refer to Margery as when they describe her as Nancy Collett's accomplice?

5. What strange question does Enid ask Margery after Enid has given birth and begun to appear very ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What are some of the signs in Chapter 46 that Enid is not well after giving birth to Gloria?

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

4. How does Mrs. Pope become certain that Margery and Enid were involved in the school break-in in Chapter 40?

5. 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?

6. Why does the British consul soften up on Mundic after Mundic is brought to him for questioning?

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

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

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

10. What does Professor Smith do when Margery tells him of the golden beetle?

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