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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 long does Amelia tell Michael they will stay to take care of Radcliffe?
(a) One week.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Five days.

2. What does Amelia see standing over her bed in the middle of the night?
(a) A burglar dressed in black.
(b) Evelyn in her nightgown.
(c) Alberto in a costume.
(d) An apparition swathed in white mist.

3. What does Amelia see while taking tea and visiting the place where Caesar died?
(a) A murder.
(b) A robbery.
(c) A crowd of people on the street gathering around someone on the ground.
(d) A crowd of people waiting to meet the British woman on her way to Egypt.

4. How many children are in Amelia's family?
(a) She has seven brothers and sisters.
(b) She has five older brothers.
(c) She has three siblings.
(d) She has six younger brothers.

5. What does Lucas tell Evelyn about her grandfather's estate?
(a) She is not entitled to any inheritance.
(b) She is entitled to the jewelry in the family.
(c) She is entitled to the house and its furnishings.
(d) She is entitled to half of it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Amelia visit again before leaving Cairo?

3. How does Amelia react when she sees the apparition?

4. How many men are working at the site with Walter and Abdullah?

5. How old is Amelia when her father dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Amelia believe Evelyn's story and take her on as a traveling companion? Does she check any of the facts Evelyn presents about herself?

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. 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?

5. In the morning after their dinner on the balcony, Walter arrives at their lodgings with news. What is he excited about? Why is the news important?

6. 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?

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. 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?

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. Amelia is awakened in the middle of the night. What wakes her, and how does she respond? What does she find in the morning that confuses her even more?

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