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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts the evening for Amelia and Evelyn and sends them back to their rooms?
(a) Amelia and Radcliffe argue.
(b) Walter attempts to kiss Evelyn in public.
(c) Evelyn faints.
(d) Evelyn and Walter argue.

2. Who does Emerson scream at first thing in the morning?
(a) Walter.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Michael.

3. What is the name of the museum to which Amelia and Evelyn go?
(a) The museum of Boulaq.
(b) The museum of Biskark.
(c) The museum of Gurnah.
(d) The museum of Bardain.

4. What does Emerson warn Amelia about working with her hands?
(a) They may take a long time to recover in the desert.
(b) They could become infected and need to be amputated.
(c) She needs to wear gloves.
(d) They might become gangrened.

5. How many children are in Amelia's family?
(a) She has six younger brothers.
(b) She has seven brothers and sisters.
(c) She has three siblings.
(d) She has five older brothers.

6. Where does Amelia take the woman who has fainted on the street?
(a) To the restaurant for soup.
(b) To her hotel.
(c) To the police station.
(d) To the hospital.

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

8. Where do Amelia and Evelyn stay while in Cairo?
(a) Shepheard's Hotel.
(b) Beefeater's Hotel.
(c) Brown's Hotel.
(d) The Marriott.

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

10. Why will the local workmen no longer work for the Emersons?
(a) The workers want more money.
(b) The workers are tired of Amelia butting into things.
(c) The workers are frightened of the mummy.
(d) The workers are exhausted and need time to rest.

11. Who arrives in Cairo as Amelia and Evelyn prepare to leave?
(a) Mr. Lucas Hayes.
(b) M. Maspero.
(c) The Earl of Ellesmore.
(d) Evelyn's brother, Timothy.

12. How many men are working at the site with Walter and Abdullah?
(a) Ten men.
(b) One hundred men.
(c) Twenty-five men.
(d) More than fifty men.

13. Why does Evelyn wake Amelia in the middle of the night?
(a) She has been having nightmares.
(b) She is tired of Egypt and wants to go home.
(c) She does not know who she wants to marry.
(d) She has heard a frightening sound.

14. What is a dahabeeyah?
(a) An elaborate houseboat.
(b) A steamship.
(c) A paddleboat.
(d) A luxury liner.

15. What does Walter say is his concern about the men working on the site?
(a) He is afraid they will run out of money.
(b) He believes something i s wrong and they are no longer happy.
(c) He is afraid the mummy will kill him.
(d) He believes they are plotting to steal artifacts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book of hieroglyphics that Amelia has with her on the trip?

2. Whom does Amelia immediately suspect of being the apparition in her room at night?

3. What have the men found at a tomb in the cliffs?

4. What does Amelia propose that she and Evelyn do immediately?

5. What do Evelyn and Amelia decide to do first thing in the morning after their midnight talk?

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