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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 find on the floor of her room after the apparition vanishes?
(a) A business card of Alberto's.
(b) A mummified hand.
(c) A black cape.
(d) A small faience in the shape of the hawk god.

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

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

4. Who of the party decides to go to the tomb and examine it?
(a) Walter and Amelia.
(b) Emerson and Amelia.
(c) Walter and Emerson.
(d) Walter and Evelyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Walter Emerson find Amelia and Evelyn?

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

3. What is a dahabeeyah?

4. Where do Amelia and Evelyn first go to see the pyramids?

5. What happens to Emerson in the early hours of the morning after Amelia has tended to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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. Why does Amelia suggest they stop in Armana? What does she hope will happen while they are in Armana? Is this in keeping with her personality?

5. 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?

6. When Amelia takes Evelyn shopping, what does she learn about Evelyn? What does she learn about herself? Why is this important to Amelia?

7. What do the group discuss at dinner the first night Radcliffe is able to join them on the balcony for the meal? What is the mood during dinner?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. Who does Radcliffe believe has stolen the mummy from his work site? Why does he think this person is responsible, and how does he behave?

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