Miss Benson's Beetle Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Rachel Joyce
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Miss Benson's Beetle Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Rachel Joyce
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 171 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margery tell Enid at the train station when she first sees her dressed in a tiny pink outfit?

2. When Margery applied for her position, what did the ad specify?

3. What bit of British news does Enid hear about during their port stop in Aden?

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

5. Who is the author of the pocket guide Margery reads in preparation for her expedition?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taylor react to seeing Margery in their hut when she goes there to find Enid in Chapter 14?

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

3. What does the bungalow look like when Margery and Enid first arrive there in Chapter 25?

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

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

6. How does Mundic's mother react to his bullying as a child and what does she tell him about the "flame inside of him" (96)?

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

8. Chapter 22 describes how information on Nancy Collett was all over the British newspapers. What information do they have so far about Nancy and her accomplice?

9. Describe the letters Enid Pretty writes Margery to inquire about the job Margery posted in the newspaper.

10. What does Mundic do to Margery after their first meeting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a brief essay analyzing Joyce's choice to write Miss Benson's Beetle in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?

Essay Topic 2

Write a detailed analysis of trauma in Miss Benson's Beetle. What types of trauma do the character's experience? What are examples of how they cope with their life's trauma? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Joyce's decision to use third person point-of-view in Miss Benson's Beetle. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?

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