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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucas tell Evelyn about her grandfather's estate?
(a) She is entitled to the house and its furnishings.
(b) She is entitled to half of it.
(c) She is not entitled to any inheritance.
(d) She is entitled to the jewelry in the family.

2. Where does Amelia visit again before leaving Cairo?
(a) M. Maspero's museum.
(b) Amarna.
(c) The tomb in which the Emersons are working.
(d) The Great Pyramid.

3. What does Radcliffe notice about Amelia's hands while they are having dinner?
(a) Her hands are rough and chafed from working on the pavement.
(b) Her hands are black and blue from digging in a tomb.
(c) Her hands are soft and well-cared for.
(d) Her hands are cracked and bleeding from digging.

4. What does Amelia add to the tapioca and water to wash the pavement at the dig site?
(a) Salt and tea.
(b) Tea and bismuth.
(c) Starch and salt.
(d) Starch and bismuth.

5. 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 was burned in a fire the night before.
(c) The mummy has just been hidden by a villager to protect it.
(d) The mummy has been stolen and sold by one of the villagers.

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

7. What is the name of the boat that Amelia and Evelyn finally decide on?
(a) The Phasic.
(b) The Pharaoh.
(c) The Philae.
(d) The Phillo.

8. Who tells Emerson and Walter that the men will no longer work for them?
(a) Abdullah.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Michael.
(d) Amelia.

9. Who wrote the book of hieroglyphics that Amelia has with her on the trip?
(a) Reverend Joseph Miller.
(b) Reverend Samuel Cook.
(c) Reverend Samuel Birch.
(d) Reverend Michael Bloom.

10. Where does Walter Emerson find Amelia and Evelyn?
(a) As they are walking to Qandia Luzat.
(b) As they are dining in Beheva Maji.
(c) As they are leaving Haggi Qandil.
(d) As they are riding their animals on their way to the tombs.

11. Who are the waiters on Amelia and Evelyn's dahabeeyah?
(a) Habib and Michael.
(b) Assan and Habib.
(c) MIchael and Reis.
(d) Habib and Abdul.

12. Why does Michael come in search of Amelia when she is shopping for medical supplies?
(a) His daughter has left with M.Maspero.
(b) His daughter is having a baby.
(c) His daughter has run away.
(d) His daughter is sick and needs medical attention.

13. What happens to Emerson in the early hours of the morning after Amelia has tended to him?
(a) He wakes refreshed.
(b) He dies.
(c) He slips into a coma.
(d) He walks in his sleep.

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

15. In what village do Amelia and Evelyn stop despite Hassan's reluctance?
(a) Gezah.
(b) Haggi Qandil.
(c) Beheva Maji.
(d) Qandia Luzat.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what now-familiar object does Amelia threaten Alberto?

2. What is the first symptom Amelia identifies when she tends to Radcliffe?

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

4. What does Walter say is his concern about the men working on the site?

5. Which is the largest of the pyramids?

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