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

2. Where does Amelia Peabody first see Evelyn Barton-Forbes?
(a) On a street in Alexandria.
(b) On a street in Rome.
(c) On a street in Cairo.
(d) On a street in London.

3. Who has followed Evelyn to Cairo and appears at her door her last night there?
(a) M. Maspero.
(b) Alberto.
(c) Radcliffe.
(d) Walter.

4. Who do they learn has actually discovered the tomb?
(a) Almundo.
(b) Hassan.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Alhambra.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the book of hieroglyphics that Amelia has with her on the trip?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do both Amelia and Evelyn realize they have seen in the dark at night? What do they decide to do about the problem?

3. Evelyn is visited by two suitors while she is in Cairo. How does she know each of them? How do they represent the two parts of her life that she is struggling with in the story?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. What happens to Evelyn during dinner the last night in Cairo? Who has come to visit her, and why? What do we learn about Evelyn?

9. What excursion do Amelia and Evelyn take from Cairo? How does Amelia react to Egypt? While on this short trip, what adventure does Amelia have that Evelyn does not?

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

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