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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Emerson respond to the concerns of Abdullah and the others?
(a) He believes their god will protect them from creatures of the night.
(b) He believes the men are ignorant fools.
(c) He believes the mummy will go away if the men return to work.
(d) He believes a good night's sleep will solve the problem.

2. What does Amelia realize about Lucas' arrival in Cairo?
(a) He is there to propose marriage to Evelyn.
(b) He is there to join them in the dahabeeyah for the journey.
(c) He is there to bring Evelyn home for the funeral.
(d) He is there to serve Evelyn with legal papers.

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

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

5. What does Amelia think about before falling asleep the night she meets Alberto?
(a) About Alberto and Evelyn getting married.
(b) About Radcliffe and how she loves him.
(c) About Hassan and his secrets.
(d) About Walter and Evelyn getting married.

6. 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.

7. Who is Amelia's Italian guide?
(a) Alfredo.
(b) Piero.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Alejandro.

8. What hills surround the pyramids near Cairo?
(a) The Hussin hills.
(b) The Mokkattam hills.
(c) The Abusir hills.
(d) The Dashoor hills.

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

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

11. How does Walter describe his brother's condition to Amelia?
(a) "Surprisingly weak and undernurished."
(b) "Desperately overworked."
(c) "Desperately, dangerously ill."
(d) "Feverish and delirious."

12. What does Alberto offer when he speaks to Evelyn in her sitting room?
(a) He proposes to run away with her.
(b) He offers a divorce.
(c) He offers to take her back to Rome.
(d) He proposes to marry her.

13. 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 is afraid the mummy will kill him.
(c) He believes something i s wrong and they are no longer happy.
(d) He believes they are plotting to steal artifacts.

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

15. What do Evelyn and Amelia decide to do first thing in the morning after their midnight talk?
(a) Tell the others they are leaving.
(b) Tell the others about what they have seen.
(c) Tell the others they must have showers.
(d) Tell the others to watch out for strangers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Abdullah think the men have stopped singing while they work?

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

3. Who is outside of the sitting room ready to assist Amelia with Alberto?

4. What do Radcliffe and Amelia discuss the day after his illness, as he recovers?

5. What do the villagers say that they see at night?

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