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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the summer of 1902, which individual does Bell hire?
(a) Martha Delaere.
(b) Marilyn Delaere.
(c) Marie Delaere.
(d) Marsha Delaere.

2. What sort of student is Bell at this first school away from home?
(a) Average.
(b) Troublesome.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Poor.

3. Why is Bell active in this movement in 1908?
(a) Traditional Victorians favor segregating working and ruling classes.
(b) She values tradition; social movement is counter to her core Victorian beliefs.
(c) She favors equal voting rights.
(d) She resents male/female inequality.

4. Who were Bell's parents?
(a) Hugh and Margaret Steele Bell.
(b) Hugh and Melody Stark Bell.
(c) Hugh and Mary Shield Bell.
(d) Hugh and Melissa Sands Bell.

5. Bell is ready to make a journey into where in November 1913, but encounters a number of delays?
(a) Southern Arebia.
(b) Central Arabia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Northern Arabia.

6. What is complicating the British ability in gaining intelligence even a year after the start of the First World War?
(a) The region has many languages, religions, cultural differences, and a lack of trust.
(b) The British do not blend in with the indigenous people, culture,and religions.
(c) The British government in India and Egypt are fighting over territory.
(d) The British have been clashing with people in Middle East for centuries.

7. What progressive girls' school in London is Bell sent away to?
(a) London College.
(b) Queen's College.
(c) Thames College.
(d) Brunswick College.

8. Who are the children of Hugh Bell and Florence Olliffe?
(a) Harry, Molly, and Lisa.
(b) Hugo, Mary, and Lisa.
(c) Hugo, Molly, and Elsa.
(d) Harry, Mary, and Elsa.

9. In a trip across the desert, Bell spends months documenting and photographing what?
(a) Ancient ruins and treasures she finds in desert cities.
(b) Stonehenge and treasures she finds in desert cities.
(c) The Arabian colosseum and treasures she finds in desert cities.
(d) Baghdad towers and treasures she finds in desert cities.

10. When Bell continues eastward and across the Pacific, where in North America does she initially land?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Portland.
(c) Juneau.
(d) Vancouver.

11. Who is Janet Wallach's work a biography of?
(a) Gertrude Magdalena Lowthian Bell.
(b) Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.
(c) Geraldine Maria Lowthian Bell.
(d) Gertrude Maegan Lowthian Bell.

12. Longing to escape her dreary existence in England, when does Bell leave for the East once more?
(a) April 1905.
(b) February 1905.
(c) January 1905.
(d) March 1905.

13. Bell enters a large house where an Arab woman interrogates her and leaves her in a large room for how long before she may see the Emir Ibrihim?
(a) All day.
(b) Four days.
(c) Half a day.
(d) Two hours.

14. Bell finds herself meeting members of which esteemed group in Chapter 7?
(a) Arabian Knights.
(b) Pakistani Army.
(c) Indian Civil Service.
(d) Moroccan Palace Guards.

15. In the winter of 1909 Bell makes her first journey from Syria to what region?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Mauritania.

Short Answer Questions

1. What location does Bell move onto following this warning to turn back?

2. A colleague where needs Bell's knowledge of the Arab countries and her map reading skills and calls for her in the second half of 1915?

3. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?

4. What is suffering a decline in this country where Bell is in 1912 that draws her attention?

5. When in 1911 does Bell again leave England for a trip to the East?

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