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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amelia see standing over her bed in the middle of the night?
(a) An apparition swathed in white mist.
(b) A burglar dressed in black.
(c) Alberto in a costume.
(d) Evelyn in her nightgown.

2. What do Emerson and Abdullah agree on about the situation with the villagers?
(a) The mummy has been stolen and sold by one of the villagers.
(b) The mummy has been stolen by someone who wants to cause dissention.
(c) The mummy was burned in a fire the night before.
(d) The mummy has just been hidden by a villager to protect it.

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

4. Who does Mohammed believe to be the mummy found in the tomb?
(a) A servant of Pharaoh Khuenaten.
(b) A member of a royal family.
(c) A princely priest-magician servant of Amon.
(d) A king murdered by his wife.

5. What instrument do the two women decide to bring onto their boat?
(a) A flute.
(b) A piano.
(c) A harpsichord.
(d) A harp.

6. What do Radcliffe and Amelia discuss the day after his illness, as he recovers?
(a) Khuenaten and hieroglyphics.
(b) Medical curatives.
(c) Evelyn and Walter.
(d) Women working outside of the home.

7. What does Amelia demand of one of the onlookers when she reaches the fallen woman on the street?
(a) His car in which to take the frail woman home.
(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 overcoat to put over the frail woman in the street.

8. What does Amelia see while taking tea and visiting the place where Caesar died?
(a) A crowd of people on the street gathering around someone on the ground.
(b) A crowd of people waiting to meet the British woman on her way to Egypt.
(c) A robbery.
(d) A murder.

9. How does Amelia react when she sees the apparition?
(a) She screams out in terror.
(b) She attempts to grab it through the mosquito netting.
(c) She closes her eyes and pretends to sleep.
(d) She calls for Evelyn to come see it.

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

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

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

13. What tonic does Amelia finally get Emerson to swallow?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Quinine.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Castor oil.

14. What does Emerson begin screaming about first thing in the morning?
(a) Walter has disappeared.
(b) Someone has let the fire go out.
(c) Amelia has forbidden him to go to work.
(d) Someone has stolen the mummy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Alberto and Evelyn pay their way across Europe?

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

3. What does Amelia add to the tapioca and water to wash the pavement at the dig site?

4. Why do the two women hire Michael Bedawee?

5. Who do Amelia and Evelyn meet while at the museum?

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