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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a dahabeeyah?
(a) A paddleboat.
(b) A luxury liner.
(c) An elaborate houseboat.
(d) A steamship.
2. To whom is Evelyn related?
(a) The Earl of Ellesmere.
(b) The Count of Cambridge.
(c) The Mayor of Nottingham.
(d) The Lord of Leeds.
3. What is the first symptom Amelia identifies when she tends to Radcliffe?
(a) He is thin and screaming for help.
(b) He is motionless and screaming for help.
(c) He is feverish and his eyes are sunken.
(d) He is delusional and asking Amelia to leave.
4. Who arrives in Cairo as Amelia and Evelyn prepare to leave?
(a) The Earl of Ellesmore.
(b) Mr. Lucas Hayes.
(c) M. Maspero.
(d) Evelyn's brother, Timothy.
5. What do body cavities of mummies often contain?
(a) Gold.
(b) Pottery.
(c) Amulets.
(d) Sand.
6. What does Amelia hear in her room in the middle of the night?
(a) The squeak of a floorboard near her bed.
(b) The rustling of a dressing gown.
(c) The honk of a car horn.
(d) The sound of a truck engine.
7. What is the name the Egyptians give to Amelia?
(a) Sitt Hakim, or lady doctor.
(b) Amelia, the strong and tireless.
(c) Lady Nurse, the savior.
(d) Beni Hassan, or mother of the children.
8. Where does Amelia want to stop to see the tombs of the Twelfth Dynasty?
(a) Curi Amaka.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Beni Hassan.
(d) Ghizeh.
9. Who are the waiters on Amelia and Evelyn's dahabeeyah?
(a) Assan and Habib.
(b) Habib and Abdul.
(c) Habib and Michael.
(d) MIchael and Reis.
10. What places does Amelia want to travel to and see?
(a) The places her father had studied.
(b) The places she had read about when she was a child.
(c) The places her brothers suggested she go.
(d) The places she had been as a child.
11. Where is Radcliffe while Amelia and Evelyn are working?
(a) Excavating at a site.
(b) Talking to the workmen.
(c) Resting from his illness.
(d) Cleaning off artifacts.
12. What is Evelyn doing while Amelia works on the pavement?
(a) She is helping to clean the pavement.
(b) She is taking lunch.
(c) She is copying the painting on the pavement.
(d) She is flirting with Walter.
13. What does Lucas tell Evelyn about her grandfather's estate?
(a) She is not entitled to any inheritance.
(b) She is entitled to half of it.
(c) She is entitled to the jewelry in the family.
(d) She is entitled to the house and its furnishings.
14. What does Emerson label the mummy that Mohammed discovers in the tomb?
(a) European.
(b) Greco-Egyptian.
(c) Twentieth century Egyptian.
(d) Greco-Roman.
15. Where does Amelia take the woman who has fainted on the street?
(a) To the restaurant for soup.
(b) To the police station.
(c) To her hotel.
(d) To the hospital.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Amelia add to the tapioca and water to wash the pavement at the dig site?
2. What two traits does Amelia credit Evelyn with after her meeting with Lucas?
3. How do Alberto and Evelyn pay their way across Europe?
4. Why does Abdullah think the men have stopped singing while they work?
5. Who do Amelia and Evelyn meet while at the museum?
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