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

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

3. How does Evelyn meet Alberto?
(a) Her father hires him as his barrister.
(b) Her father hires him as the architect.
(c) Her father hires him as a drawing instructor.
(d) Her father hires him as a riding instructor.

4. How do Walter and Radcliffe travel in Egypt?
(a) They rent space on a steamer for themselves and their belongings.
(b) They rent a series of dahabeeyahs and hire servants.
(c) They ride on a bus with all of their gear.
(d) They fly in a small airplane from place to place.

5. What does Amelia tell Walter to instruct the cooks to make for the group the day following Radcliffe's crisis?
(a) Corned beef.
(b) Shepherd's pie.
(c) A chicken.
(d) Pea soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name the Egyptians give to Amelia?

2. Who does Emerson scream at first thing in the morning?

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

4. Whom does Amelia immediately suspect of being the apparition in her room at night?

5. What does Amelia have the men build so that she may continue to work on the pavement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Radcliffe react so strongly to Amelia and Evelyn's work with the pavement? Is his reaction in character with his personality?

2. In Chapter 2, Amelia arranges for transportation for herself and Evelyn through Egypt. What method of transportation does she choose, and why? How does she go about making the arrangements? How do the fellow guests at the hotel respond to her idea?

3. What do Amelia and Evelyn do as they spend their time in Amarna tending to Radcliffe? Each is affected differently. How does each woman respond to her work?

4. What is the pavement of Khuenaten? What roles do Amelia and Evelyn play in preserving the pavement? What importance does this pavement have in the development of the story?

5. What do we learn about Evelyn Barton-Forbes as she tells the story of how she has come to her current situation? Is she a wealthy English woman like Ms. Peabody? What has brought Ms. Barton-Forbes to Rome?

6. 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?

7. What important thing do Amelia and Walter discover when they go into the tomb? What do they find, and what do they notice is missing?

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

9. While in Beni Hassan, what does Amelia come to understand about Radcliffe Emerson's tirade on the antiquities of Egypt? How does this affect her?

10. Amelia is asked by Michael to help in an emergency. How does Amelia help? What strange custom is revealed to Amelia and Evelyn during this experience? What do we learn about Amelia?

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