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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 sounds do Radcliffe and Amelia hear as they are tending to the victim on the path?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Evelyn's screams.
(d) Truck horns.

2. Who is waiting to take care of Amelia and Radcliffe after his injury?
(a) Lucas and Evelyn.
(b) Abdullah and Michael.
(c) Evelyn and Walter.
(d) Abdullah and Lucas.

3. What does Lucas say to Michael when he approaches the table?
(a) "Please do not interrupt our conversation."
(b) "You are not needed. My men will serve the meal."
(c) "You are fired!"
(d) "Why are you bothering us?"

4. What is one alternative considered by Amelia as a solution to the problem?
(a) Take Lucas' revolver for her own.
(b) Dress in costume as a mummy herself.
(c) Take the boat herself and get help.
(d) Let Lucas and Evelyn go to Cairo and get help.

5. What happens to Radcliffe and Amelia that injures Radcliffe?
(a) They fall off a small cliff.
(b) Rocks fall and nearly kill them.
(c) Radcliffe trips and injures his leg.
(d) A bat in the tomb bites Radcliffe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lucas shoot and wound?

2. Who are the only two people who have not been harmed during the search for the mummy's identity?

3. What does Amelia tell Radcliffe as they end their conversation about Walter and Evelyn?

4. What does Lucas bring back with him to the camp site after the engagement of Walter and Evelyn?

5. What does Evelyn announce as they are having tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Where do Amelia and Radcliffe go the afternoon of Lucas' arrival? What happens to them while they are talking and exploring their surroundings? How does the situation resolve? How does this add to the suspense building in the story?

3. When Amelia wakes in the middle of the night, she finds Radcliffe in her room. Why is he there, and how does he protect Amelia? How does this scene compare to those in earlier chapters between the two characters?

4. in the end, everyone decides not to take Lucas to court for what he has done. Why do they make this decision, and what happens to Lucas?

5. Why does Radcliffe want to speak with Amelia alone? Have his opinions of her changed in the last few days? How?

6. Who appears unannounced and uninvited to see Amelia and Evelyn? How is he greeted by the two women and the Emersons? Is it clear whether he is one of the protagonists or an antagonist?

7. 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?

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

9. Evelyn is concerned for the safety of the group and thinks the mummy will leave them alone if she agrees to marry Lucas and the two of them depart. How does Amelia react to Evelyn's plan? What does this tell us about the two women and how well they know each other?

10. The group decide to go along with Lucas' plan for catching the mummy the following evening. What is the plan, and why do the others go along with it? How does the plan backfire and cause more harm than good?

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