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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 gives Radcliffe a papyrus?
(a) Michael.
(b) Lucas.
(c) Abdullah.
(d) Evelyn.

2. What does Amelia see as she stares into the dark night?
(a) A vision of her wedding at this site.
(b) A vision of building her house here.
(c) A vision of the wars between battling Egyptian forces.
(d) A vision of what the land must have been like in the time of the pharaohs.

3. Why has Lucas Hayes joined the group in Amarna?
(a) To see the progress they have made.
(b) To see Evelyn.
(c) To meet the Emersons.
(d) To study archaeology.

4. What project does Emerson announce he would like to begin next?
(a) To dig out form the current site.
(b) To find an untouched mummy.
(c) To study the king's tomb.
(d) To move on to Amadeus.

5. What does Amelia do after Radcliffe fires the gun in her room?
(a) She cries.
(b) She faints.
(c) She jumps out of bed.
(d) She screams at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the crocodile a symbol for in the reading of the papyrus?

2. Who does Lucas ask to bring Evelyn and Walter out to join the group?

3. Who does Amelia say Walter reminds her of?

4. What does Lucas offer to obtain for Evelyn?

5. Why has Radcliffe entered Amelia's room with a gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some examples of tension and suspense the author creates in this chapter? How does the author engage most of the main characters in the action of the chapter?

2. Once again the love triangle between Evelyn, Walter and Lucas flares up as Evelyn announces she will marry Lucas. How do her friends react? How does Lucas attempt to be sure Walter will never be interested in Evelyn again? What does this tell us about his character?

3. When Radcliffe arrives at the excavation site the morning after the failed capture of the mummy, what does he find? Who is with him? What do the two of them discuss? What changes are we seeing in these two strong-willed characters?

4. The argument between Lucas and Walter and the subsequent engagement of Walter and Evelyn gives resolution to one of the love interests in the book. The problem of the mummy remains. What is the author doing in this chapter to prepare the reader for the climax of the mystery?

5. What is the purpose of Chapter 8 in the story? Why is the chapter important to the novel? What does the chapter add to the love triangle of Evelyn, Walter and Lucas?

6. Why has Lucas invented this elaborate plot to capture Evelyn and force her to marry him? What are his real motives?

7. What plan does Radcliffe come up with for the mummy the next evening, and why? What does he hope to prove? How do Amelia and Lucas play into the plan? What change do we see coming over Radcliffe as he makes this plan?

8. When Radcliffe and Amelia are trapped with the ailing Michael by Lucas, what do the two realize about what has really been happening and Lucas' involvement in it all?

9. What does Lucas offer to Radcliffe as an apology for taking artifacts from the country? How does Emerson respond to the gift, and why?

10. How does Radcliffe respond to Lucas' accidental shooting of his brother, Walter? How does this incident confirm what Radcliffe has thought of Lucas from the day they met?

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