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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amelia propose that she and Evelyn do immediately?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Leave Cairo.
(c) Leave the hotel.
(d) Leave Egypt.

2. Why does Amelia believe Evelyn will not be her traveling companion after their return from Egypt?
(a) Evelyn will marry Lucas or Walter.
(b) Evelyn will become a school teacher in Egypt.
(c) Evelyn will want to be independent.
(d) Evelyn will return to Rome with Alberto.

3. Who first teaches Evelyn how to draw?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Lucas Hayes.
(c) Her father.
(d) Alphonso.

4. How old is Amelia when her father dies?
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Forty-one.

5. What do the villagers say that they see at night?
(a) The stars in the sky.
(b) The ghost of Pharaoh Khuenaten.
(c) The mummy walking through their village.
(d) Amon's ghostly figure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amelia ask Walter to do for Emerson after he has fainted and been brought back to bed?

2. What is Evelyn doing while Amelia works on the pavement?

3. How many children are in Amelia's family?

4. Where does Amelia want to stop to see the tombs of the Twelfth Dynasty?

5. Who does Amelia hire as a companion for her journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucas tell Evelyn that her grandfather had done with all of her possessions? How does she react to this story? How does Amelia react?

2. The novel takes place in the late 1800's, and at that time it was unusual for two women to travel abroad together without male companionship. What do we learn about these two women and their attitudes about the conventions of the times?

3. How has it come to pass that Ms. Peabody is independently wealthy? What does she do for a living? Where does she live?

4. Amelia goes to bed after meeting Alberto and has a disturbing experience. What does she see and what happens? What qualities of Amelia's are reinforced in this event?

5. In Chapter 2, the author introduces a group of male characters. Two of them are to travel with Amelia and Evelyn. Who are these men? What do we learn about them in this chapter? Does the reader know what role these characters play in the story?

6. Why do Radcliffe, Amelia, Evelyn and Walter visit the village of Haggi Qandil? Who do they want to speak to, and what do they hope to accomplish?

7. Where does Amelia Peabody first meet Evelyn Barton-Forbes, and under what circumstances? What does this meeting tell the reader about Amelia Peabody's character?

8. Why have the workmen left the dig site? What do we learn about the beliefs of the natives of the area?

9. Who do Amelia and Evelyn meet when they travel to M. Maspero's museum? How do the four people react to each other? What does Amelia realize about Evelyn when they leave the museum?

10. What do Amelia and Evelyn discover when they arrive in Armana? How do the two women react? What do we learn about Walter in this scene?

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