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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Amelia realize about Lucas' arrival in Cairo?
2. What is the name the Egyptians give to Amelia?
3. What have the men found at a tomb in the cliffs?
4. Where is Radcliffe while Amelia and Evelyn are working?
5. What does Alberto offer when he speaks to Evelyn in her sitting room?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Alberto explain to Evelyn his disappearance in Rome? Does Evelyn believe him? What important quality of Evelyn's is reinforced in this scene? How does Amelia rid Evelyn of Alberto?
2. Who does Radcliffe believe has stolen the mummy from his work site? Why does he think this person is responsible, and how does he behave?
3. What plan does Amelia come up with to solve the problem and catch the walking mummy? What characters are involved in the plan? Who do they suspect to be the mummy who comes out at night?
4. When Amelia takes Evelyn shopping, what does she learn about Evelyn? What does she learn about herself? Why is this important to Amelia?
5. What important thing do Amelia and Walter discover when they go into the tomb? What do they find, and what do they notice is missing?
6. Why does Amelia suggest they stop in Armana? What does she hope will happen while they are in Armana? Is this in keeping with her personality?
7. Amelia is asked by Michael to help in an emergency. How does Amelia help? What strange custom is revealed to Amelia and Evelyn during this experience? What do we learn about Amelia?
8. The night after Alberto's appearance, another gentleman from Evelyn's past comes to their hotel to say hello: Lucas Hayes. Who is Lucas Hayes, and why has he come to Cairo to see Evelyn? How does Evelyn respond to his visit, and why? What does Amelia think of Lucas, and why?
9. 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?
10. Amelia goes to bed after meeting Alberto and has a disturbing experience. What does she see and what happens? What qualities of Amelia's are reinforced in this event?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A good mystery novel can involve detection and a love story. Do you think the author has successfully balanced the mystery and the love stories in her novel? Support your position.
Essay Topic 2
When Radcliffe and Amelia first argue, it is over the treatment of Egyptian treasures and antiquities. What position does each take on the subject, and what is their reasoning? Who ends up changing their position, and why?
Essay Topic 3
The setting of the novel is Egypt. How does the author create the mood of the novel using the setting? Could this story have taken place anywhere else and still have been realistic? Why or why not?
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