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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. To whom is Evelyn related?
(a) The Lord of Leeds.
(b) The Count of Cambridge.
(c) The Earl of Ellesmere.
(d) The Mayor of Nottingham.

2. What does Emerson label the mummy that Mohammed discovers in the tomb?
(a) European.
(b) Twentieth century Egyptian.
(c) Greco-Egyptian.
(d) Greco-Roman.

3. Where are Radcliffe and Walter Emerson headed off to next?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Khartoum.
(c) Amarna.
(d) Alexandria.

4. How do Alberto and Evelyn pay their way across Europe?
(a) They inherit from Evelyn's father.
(b) They work in hotels.
(c) They sell Evelyn's jewelry.
(d) They live on Alberto's fortune.

5. From whom does Amelia learn foreign languages?
(a) From her sister.
(b) From her uncle.
(c) From her father.
(d) From her brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Amelia think about before falling asleep the night she meets Alberto?

4. What places does Amelia want to travel to and see?

5. Where does Walter Emerson find Amelia and Evelyn?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What news do Walter and Abdullah bring home with them after the trap to catch the mummy fails? What conclusions can be drawn from their failed attempt to catch the mummy?

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

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. 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?

10. 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?

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