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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Walter speak curtly to Radcliffe during their dinner?
(a) He is tired of hearing Radcliffe talk about mummies.
(b) He thinks Radcliffe should be appreciative of Amelia's hard work.
(c) He is trying to talk Radcliffe into leaving.
(d) He thinks Radcliffe should not be on the dig anymore.

2. What is Evelyn doing while Amelia works on the pavement?
(a) She is helping to clean the pavement.
(b) She is flirting with Walter.
(c) She is taking lunch.
(d) She is copying the painting on the pavement.

3. What do the villagers say that they see at night?
(a) The mummy walking through their village.
(b) The stars in the sky.
(c) The ghost of Pharaoh Khuenaten.
(d) Amon's ghostly figure.

4. How does Evelyn find herself alone on the streets of Rome?
(a) Alberto and Evelyn have been kicked out of their apartment.
(b) Alberto and Evelyn have had a fist fight.
(c) Alberto has taken her belongings and deserted her.
(d) Alberto has gone back to England for three months.

5. Why does Abdullah think the men have stopped singing while they work?
(a) He believes they are frightened of the dead.
(b) He believes they are exhausted and overworked.
(c) He believes they no longer want to work for the Englishmen.
(d) He believes they are unhappy over their wages.

6. What places does Amelia want to travel to and see?
(a) The places she had been as a child.
(b) The places her father had studied.
(c) The places her brothers suggested she go.
(d) The places she had read about when she was a child.

7. What does Amelia tell Walter to instruct the cooks to make for the group the day following Radcliffe's crisis?
(a) A chicken.
(b) Corned beef.
(c) Pea soup.
(d) Shepherd's pie.

8. How does Evelyn meet Alberto?
(a) Her father hires him as a riding instructor.
(b) Her father hires him as the architect.
(c) Her father hires him as a drawing instructor.
(d) Her father hires him as his barrister.

9. Who do Amelia and Evelyn see at dinner in their hotel the last night they are in Cairo?
(a) The Earl of Ellesmere.
(b) M. Maspero.
(c) Michael and his wife.
(d) Radcliffe and Walter Emerson.

10. Why does Amelia believe Evelyn will not be her traveling companion after their return from Egypt?
(a) Evelyn will become a school teacher in Egypt.
(b) Evelyn will return to Rome with Alberto.
(c) Evelyn will marry Lucas or Walter.
(d) Evelyn will want to be independent.

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

12. What do the two women decide to do sometime during their trip?
(a) Find Khuenaten's tomb.
(b) Find M. Maspero's new museum.
(c) FInd Lucas Hayes.
(d) Find the Emersons.

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

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

15. What have the men found at a tomb in the cliffs?
(a) A mummy.
(b) The costume the mummy has been wearing.
(c) A king's fortune.
(d) A trunk filled with gold coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts the evening for Amelia and Evelyn and sends them back to their rooms?

2. What happens to her companion when Amelia reaches Rome?

3. Where do Amelia and Evelyn first go to see the pyramids?

4. Where does Amelia take the woman who has fainted on the street?

5. Where do Amelia and Evelyn go to secure their transportation through Egypt?

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