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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. How do Walter and Radcliffe travel in Egypt?
(a) They fly in a small airplane from place to place.
(b) They rent a series of dahabeeyahs and hire servants.
(c) They ride on a bus with all of their gear.
(d) They rent space on a steamer for themselves and their belongings.

2. What do Emerson and Abdullah agree on about the situation with the villagers?
(a) The mummy has been stolen by someone who wants to cause dissention.
(b) The mummy has just been hidden by a villager to protect it.
(c) The mummy has been stolen and sold by one of the villagers.
(d) The mummy was burned in a fire the night before.

3. What do body cavities of mummies often contain?
(a) Sand.
(b) Gold.
(c) Amulets.
(d) Pottery.

4. How do Alberto and Evelyn pay their way across Europe?
(a) They sell Evelyn's jewelry.
(b) They inherit from Evelyn's father.
(c) They work in hotels.
(d) They live on Alberto's fortune.

5. What two traits does Amelia credit Evelyn with after her meeting with Lucas?
(a) Being too kind and too honest.
(b) Being too immature and too kind.
(c) Being too honest and too beautiful.
(d) Being too simple and too honest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Amelia and Evelyn spend their time while in Cairo?

2. What does Amelia tell Walter to instruct the cooks to make for the group the day following Radcliffe's crisis?

3. What do the two women decide to do sometime during their trip?

4. What does Emerson label the mummy that Mohammed discovers in the tomb?

5. What does Amelia see standing over her bed in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. While in Beni Hassan, what does Amelia come to understand about Radcliffe Emerson's tirade on the antiquities of Egypt? How does this affect her?

2. Why does Amelia believe Evelyn's story and take her on as a traveling companion? Does she check any of the facts Evelyn presents about herself?

3. In Chapter 2, Amelia arranges for transportation for herself and Evelyn through Egypt. What method of transportation does she choose, and why? How does she go about making the arrangements? How do the fellow guests at the hotel respond to her idea?

4. Why have the workmen left the dig site? What do we learn about the beliefs of the natives of the area?

5. What do both Amelia and Evelyn realize they have seen in the dark at night? What do they decide to do about the problem?

6. In the morning after their dinner on the balcony, Walter arrives at their lodgings with news. What is he excited about? Why is the news important?

7. What happens to Evelyn during dinner the last night in Cairo? Who has come to visit her, and why? What do we learn about Evelyn?

8. How has it come to pass that Ms. Peabody is independently wealthy? What does she do for a living? Where does she live?

9. What name is Amelia given by the villagers in Beni Hassan? Why has she earned this name? Is it a fitting name?

10. What do we learn about Evelyn Barton-Forbes as she tells the story of how she has come to her current situation? Is she a wealthy English woman like Ms. Peabody? What has brought Ms. Barton-Forbes to Rome?

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