While Queezle wasn't the most important of characters, still thought I'd get everybody's opinion :)

Dead, the Golem got her.
Excaped, she seemed level with Barty, and he *would* have got away.
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evillaugh Djinni
flawless, except for one thing: if she was alive, her master would have summoned her and known of her survival. Even if she wasn't summoned, she would have to stay on earth until she was dismissed, or her master died.
I don't think she would have lasted that long.
I think you're all in that one Egyptian river...
Friends come and friends go, but enemies accumulate
Si sapis, sis apis - If you're wise, be a bee
If you think the grass is greener on the other side, it's because it is fertilized with bullcabbage
Flawless, except for, well everything....so, I guess flawless is the wrong word....

1. -Why would her master try to summon a dead djinni that he thought was dead?
2. -Nathaniel is a meticulous, thorough young man, but even he didn't try to summon Bartimaeus when he thought Bart was dead/severely wounded.
3. -Some masters bind spirits to work for them indefinitely, but most just summon spirits to do a few tasks and then they are done for the day.
*Not only is it more difficult, taxing to create the complex pentacle bindings for indefinite servitude, but also remember that most of the spirits summoned for the Golem hunt were Just summoned for that. These weren't constant servants to always have on hand, like Bartimeaus or that green monkey thing that worked for Tallow. Queezle and the rest were hastily summoned just for this golem hunt.
4. +Queezle was probably only bound to service for a few days or for the specific task. I think I remember the orders the djinni had were something like: "Look for the Golem. If you see it, then alert the others. Then try and follow it."....In Queezle's mind: "Meh, I tried. Job complete. I'll do better next time. Peace out, Earth!"
*And the fact that the Golem soon died makes this even more likely, I believe. Queezle's initial summoning/orders DEFINITELY were about the Golem. Once the Golem died, her task was fulfilled.
5. -About her Master dying....There is actually a pretty good chance that Queezle's master died shortly after her "death". There were 2 things that caused a lot of magicians, and people in general, to die: A). The rampage and killing-spree of that afrit, Honorius. This speaks for itself. And then, B). The conspiracy of the Night Police being revealed. This conspiracy and the Prime Minister's growing paranoia probably caused a lot of magicians to get executed for Treason or Suspected Treason.
6. And finally, even if Queezle just had to wait it out till her master died....meh, so what? Spirits are hundreds of years old, they could definitely wait-out a short human life-span. Though still temporarily trapped in this real, Queezle would Still have been free. Should wouldn't be in service to any magician, so Queezle would Never have to risk her life and essence fighting and doing dangerous stuff. Her essence would still get stiff and she would have aches, but she wouldn't constantly be fighting and working, which is what caused Bartimaeus to become so weak and wounded over time. Plus, Queezle would be free to do whatever she wanted, so she definitely would avoid the insanity-causing boredom that plagued the trapped Honorius.

+We have no proof that Queezle is dead. No dead body, no one saw her die, there was no tiny wounded blob of wounded essence that eventually died.
+Only people who got killed by the Golem were those who attacked it like the Night Police, that one djinni, and Bartimaeus (almost got killed). Queezle was scared and didn't want to fight the golem. She would have ran and quickly out-paced the lumbering clay giant.
+Her "death" remains suspicious, but the theory of her faking her death seems likely.
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Didier Utukku
^Oh I like you.
Queezle survival theories ftw!

More things to consider:
Queezle screamed, but that doesn't matter, cause the Golem can't hear- only see.

Unless Queezle made herself ridiculously obvious, Duvall/the golem probably wouldn't have expected anybody to be there and just kept on marching to the British Museum.

If she died under the statue, shouldn't the golem have caused some damage to the statue? The golem isn't exactly nimble.

Queezle isn't a stranger to Golems. She was there in Prague.

However...

she was under a direct charge to seek out the creature and destroy it. Mandrake gave Bartimaeus the option of at least just spying on it, but Ffoukes probably didn't give her that option. Bartimaeus did give her the idea to destroy it by luring it into traffic, but if she had escaped with that intent, she would have had to follow the golem to the museum -unless she directly disobeyed her charge, (risking being killed by her master), which is a possibility
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evillaugh Djinni
Queeezle would still have to be dismissed since she wasn't bound into an object that slows down the 'aging' of essence.
I'm not saying it's impossible that she survived, I'm just making a point.
She had to follow her orders, which included attacking the Golem, the odds of her surviving that are pretty slim.
Friends come and friends go, but enemies accumulate
Si sapis, sis apis - If you're wise, be a bee
If you think the grass is greener on the other side, it's because it is fertilized with bullcabbage
Were they ordered to destroy it? I remember that when they cornered the golem earlier that the spirits just kind of waited outside. Only 1 spirit actually went in to fight the golem that time while the rest stayed back, and that was because he was brave/fool-hardy, right? I'll have to check the book~
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evillaugh Djinni
i think they had all some brilliant 'excuse' like Barty had
Friends come and friends go, but enemies accumulate
Si sapis, sis apis - If you're wise, be a bee
If you think the grass is greener on the other side, it's because it is fertilized with bullcabbage
To be honest i never got the whole Queezle thing, I mean everyone seems to adore he (and i know she has a splendid personality and all) but I mean she wasnt that big of a character? I see how her and Barty's relationship were quite sweet, but I never really fell in love with her character like I did with, for an example, Faquarl ^o)
This is about to get furious!
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evillaugh Djinni
I know, it's weird.

Nothing new, then
Friends come and friends go, but enemies accumulate
Si sapis, sis apis - If you're wise, be a bee
If you think the grass is greener on the other side, it's because it is fertilized with bullcabbage
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Djinni Foliot
I'm afraid she's dead,
which is a pity, cause she could have lead a "happily ever after" with Bart

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