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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amelia hear outside her room in the middle of the night?
(a) Walter and Emerson talking.
(b) Mohammed and Walter talking.
(c) A scratching sound.
(d) A howling.

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

3. What hills surround the pyramids near Cairo?
(a) The Abusir hills.
(b) The Mokkattam hills.
(c) The Dashoor hills.
(d) The Hussin hills.

4. What does Amelia demand of one of the onlookers when she reaches the fallen woman on the street?
(a) HIs overcoat to put over the frail woman in the street.
(b) His unbrella to shield the frail woman from the rain.
(c) His wife's coat to cover the frail woman in the street.
(d) His car in which to take the frail woman home.

5. What happens to her companion when Amelia reaches Rome?
(a) She falls ill with polio.
(b) She falls ill with malaria.
(c) She falls ill with typhoid.
(d) She falls ill with the flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Radcliffe notice about Amelia's hands while they are having dinner?

2. Who is Reis Hassan?

3. From whom does Amelia learn foreign languages?

4. Where does Amelia want to stop to see the tombs of the Twelfth Dynasty?

5. What does Amelia have the men build so that she may continue to work on the pavement?

(see the answer key)

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