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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Amelia demand of one of the onlookers when she reaches the fallen woman on the street?
(a) His unbrella to shield the frail woman from the rain.
(b) His wife's coat to cover the frail woman in the street.
(c) HIs overcoat to put over the frail woman in the street.
(d) His car in which to take the frail woman home.

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

5. 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.

6. What do body cavities of mummies often contain?
(a) Sand.
(b) Gold.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Amulets.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. Who is Reis Hassan?
(a) The repairman.
(b) The captain of their boat.
(c) The owner of their boat.
(d) The translator.

13. Who does Amelia hire as a companion for her journey?
(a) Mrs. Broom.
(b) Miss Pritchett.
(c) Miss Waldorf.
(d) Miss Maspero.

14. 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.

15. What does Walter say is his concern about the men working on the site?
(a) He is afraid the mummy will kill him.
(b) He believes something i s wrong and they are no longer happy.
(c) He believes they are plotting to steal artifacts.
(d) He is afraid they will run out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tonic does Amelia finally get Emerson to swallow?

2. What does Alberto offer when he speaks to Evelyn in her sitting room?

3. What instrument do the two women decide to bring onto their boat?

4. Where do Evelyn, Walter, Radcliffe and Amelia dine the first night Radcliffe joins them since his illness?

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

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