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

2. How does Margery decide she will earn money to help protect Enid in Chapter 42 after Enid's confession?
(a) She will write a book about their journey.
(b) She will become a famous entomologist.
(c) She will frame someone for the murder and collect the reward money.
(d) She will sell her specimens to a private collector.

3. What color is Enid's hair after she emerges from the water in Chapter 38?
(a) Black.
(b) Blond.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

4. How many people attend Mrs. Pope's party in Chapter 34 in the midst of a storm?
(a) 200.
(b) 20.
(c) 85.
(d) 0.

5. Why do Enid and Margery take a day off from work at the start of Chapter 33?
(a) They think someone is following them.
(b) Enid is sick.
(c) Margery is sick.
(d) It is Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Enid show Margery she had been hiding in the red valise in Chapter 42 after confessing she killed her husband?

4. What lands on Margery's hands after she scaled the mountain barefoot just before they were to leave for good?

5. Who does Margery find in the bungalow after she finds the golden beetle on the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Enid confess to Margery in Chapter 42 just two weeks before they are to depart New Caledonia?

2. Why is Enid worried they will not be successful after Mr. Rawlings' death?

3. What does Margery tell Enid about her relationship with the Professor in Chapter 38?

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

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

6. What were some of the thing the British newspaper said about Nancy Collett in Chapter 32?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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