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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucas reveal to Walter about Evelyn?
(a) That she has three sisters.
(b) That she was involved with Alberto.
(c) That she is pregnant with his child.
(d) That she is not who she says she is.

2. What does Evelyn announce as they are having tea?
(a) She is in love with Radcliffe.
(b) She is marrying Walter.
(c) She is leaving on the next train.
(d) She is marrying Lucas and leaving right away.

3. Who among the group is best able to read the papyrus?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Michael.
(c) Walter.
(d) Radcliffe.

4. When Amelia returns to the campsite, what does she learn that Radcliffe has found?
(a) A gold necklace.
(b) Another section of pavement.
(c) The mummy's costume.
(d) Another mummy.

5. What does Amelia see as she stares into the dark night?
(a) A vision of her wedding at this site.
(b) A vision of the wars between battling Egyptian forces.
(c) A vision of what the land must have been like in the time of the pharaohs.
(d) A vision of building her house here.

6. What does Amelia tell Lucas will redeem him in the eyes of Radcliffe Emerson?
(a) To catch the wandering mummy.
(b) To leave the area immediately.
(c) To marry Evelyn so that Walter does not.
(d) Stop buying artifacts and return all he has to the British Museum.

7. Where does Emerson think Lucas has gone now that he has lost Evelyn to Walter?
(a) He is drinking on his boat.
(b) He has left the camp and returned home to England.
(c) He is looking for the mummy on his own.
(d) He is crying in his tent.

8. What does Lucas offer to obtain for Evelyn?
(a) The boxes of her belongings that her grandfather sent.
(b) The truth about her heritage.
(c) The possessions she left in Cairo.
(d) The money she has inherited.

9. How does Radcliffe feel about Walter and Evelyn?
(a) He wishes his brother would marry someone of means.
(b) He hopes they will both leave the site and not return.
(c) He thinks they are all wrong for each other.
(d) He hopes they marry right away.

10. After the mystery of the mummy is solved, what happens to Amelia?
(a) She leaves Walter, and Evelyn settles happily in Amarna.
(b) She returns home to write a book.
(c) She marries Radcliffe and they have a child.
(d) She returns to England with Radcliffe.

11. What does Lucas propose foiled the plan to catch Mohammed leave his house one night?
(a) Mohammed was warned in advance of their plan to catch him.
(b) Mohammed was not in town.
(c) Evelyn did not cooperate.
(d) Amelia was too noisy.

12. How does Evelyn react to the shootings in the night?
(a) She faints.
(b) She hits the shooter.
(c) She screams and falls to the floor.
(d) She runs away.

13. With what has Radcliffe been hit while standing in the doorway?
(a) A bolt of lightning.
(b) A bit of flying rock.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A man's fist.

14. What does Lucas say to Michael when he approaches the table?
(a) "You are not needed. My men will serve the meal."
(b) "Why are you bothering us?"
(c) "Please do not interrupt our conversation."
(d) "You are fired!"

15. What do both Amelia and Radcliffe recognize about Walter?
(a) That he is bored with the search for the mummy.
(b) That he is in love with Evelyn.
(c) That he is angry with Radcliffe.
(d) That he wants to leave the site.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucas bring back with him to the camp site after the engagement of Walter and Evelyn?

2. What is read from the papyrus?

3. Why do Lucas and Walter get into a fight as they are walking with Evelyn?

4. What does Amelia do after Radcliffe fires the gun in her room?

5. What does Amelia consider an intolerable solution to the problem of the mummy?

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