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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Khatun, Chapters 17, 18, 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along which river does Bell brave wartime skirmishes and blistering heat to travel the area in search of information in Chapter 17?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Euphrates.
(c) Tigris.
(d) Nile.

2. These esteemed members that Bell meets are graduates from which institutions?
(a) Annapolis and Bombay.
(b) Oxford and Harvard.
(c) West Point and Princeton.
(d) Oxford and Cambridge.

3. In a trip across the desert, Bell spends months documenting and photographing what?
(a) Stonehenge and treasures she finds in desert cities.
(b) Ancient ruins and treasures she finds in desert cities.
(c) The Arabian colosseum and treasures she finds in desert cities.
(d) Baghdad towers and treasures she finds in desert cities.

4. In the winter of 1909 Bell makes her first journey from Syria to what region?
(a) Malaysia.
(b) Mesopotamia.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Mauritania.

5. In Chapter 10, the reader learns Bell spends the balance of 1911 and 1912 where?
(a) In India.
(b) At home in Baghdad.
(c) At home in England.
(d) In Tibet.

Short Answer Questions

1. The weather is also a major obstacle for Bell in collecting military intelligence information as the intense heat prohibits what?

2. What does Bell see along her desert journey in Chapter 5 that causes her to marvel?

3. What is the purpose of Bell's initial trip to Jerusalem?

4. What adventure does Bell tackle before returning to England in July 1903?

5. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?

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