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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 does Amelia consider an intolerable solution to the problem of the mummy?
(a) Leaving the Emersons and returning home.
(b) Traveling with Lucas on his boat.
(c) Procuring firearms for everyone.
(d) Allowing Evelyn to sleep alone in the boat.

2. What does Amelia tell Radcliffe as they end their conversation about Walter and Evelyn?
(a) His tent is on fire.
(b) His hair is on fire.
(c) His shoe is on fire.
(d) His pocket is on fire.

3. What does Lucas reveal to Walter about Evelyn?
(a) That she has three sisters.
(b) That she was involved with Alberto.
(c) That she is not who she says she is.
(d) That she is pregnant with his child.

4. How does Evelyn react to the shootings in the night?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She hits the shooter.
(c) She faints.
(d) She screams and falls to the floor.

5. What does Lucas prepare for the group in the late afternoon after Radcliffe is injured?
(a) A fancy table with flowers, silverware and liquor for all.
(b) Pate and crackers.
(c) A song to lift their spirits.
(d) An explanation of how much he loves Evelyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Radcliffe and Amelia that injures Radcliffe?

2. Where does Emerson go the morning after the foiled attempt to find the identity of the mummy?

3. What does Amelia see as she stares into the dark night?

4. What does Lucas offer to obtain for Evelyn?

5. What does Amelia show Radcliffe as evidence of Michael's disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Lucas do to celebrate the engagement of Evelyn and Walter? What does he say about his broken heart? What wish does he have for the couple?

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

6. 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?

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 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?

9. Why do Lucas and Walter end up in a fist fight in front of Evelyn? What about Lucas' behavior gives us another clue as to his character and motivations?

10. 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?

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