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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bell finds herself back in the dreariness of England during which season in 1915 in Chapter 15?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

2. What does Bell see along her desert journey in Chapter 5 that causes her to marvel?
(a) Ancient ruins of palaces and cities.
(b) Ancient ruins of palaces and Stonehenge.
(c) Ancient ruins of palaces and intact pyramids.
(d) Ancient ruins of cities and intact tombs.

3. What sort of student is Bell at this first school away from home?
(a) Excellent.
(b) Troublesome.
(c) Average.
(d) Poor.

4. Bell is ready to make a journey into where in November 1913, but encounters a number of delays?
(a) Southern Arebia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Central Arabia.
(d) Northern Arabia.

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

6. Bell reaches what location the day following her release from custody in early 1914?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Riyadh.
(d) Muscat.

7. Who were Bell's parents?
(a) Hugh and Margaret Steele Bell.
(b) Hugh and Mary Shield Bell.
(c) Hugh and Melissa Sands Bell.
(d) Hugh and Melody Stark Bell.

8. Victorian England allows Bell the comforts of her family's wealth, but also limits the possibilities in life for woman like Bell for what reasons?
(a) Even bright, driven men seek only women in mother-servant role.
(b) The only occupation for Victorian women outside academia is nursing.
(c) Bright, driven women cannot channel their energies outside academia.
(d) Bright, driven women receive no proposals from equivalent men.

9. Bell falls in love with which young man toward the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Harold Cadogan.
(b) Herbert Cadogan.
(c) Henry Cadogan.
(d) Hewitt Cadogan.

10. Chapter 5 finds Bell traveling to Jerusalem in what month and year?
(a) July 1899.
(b) November 1899.
(c) December 1888.
(d) September 1899.

11. The British Ambassador in which location is eager to learn what Bell had learned about the people and the area on her journey in early 1914?
(a) Adana.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Bursa.
(d) Ankara.

12. Chapter 4 finds Bell how old and mourning the loss of Cadogan, who has died of pneumonia?
(a) Age 23.
(b) Age 25.
(c) Age 26.
(d) Age 24.

13. Who will Lawrence one day comes to be known as?
(a) Lawrence of Syria.
(b) Lawrence of Palestine.
(c) Lawrence of Arabia.
(d) Lawrence of Lebanon.

14. In Chapter 11, Bell finally sets off on her trek with how many camels in her caravan?
(a) 20.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 16.

15. Which men does Bell meet at the British consul in Chapter 16?
(a) H. Philby, T.E. Lawrence, and P. Cox.
(b) H. Philby, A. T. Wilson, and P. Cox.
(c) W. Churchill, G. Clayton, and P. Cox.
(d) H. Philby, A. T. Wilson, and H. Dobbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of 1902, Bell makes another trip to the East, stopping where before returning to England by the summer?

2. The British government once more seeks Bell out at the start of World War I for her information on the region, and she advises they organize the Arabs against which people?

3. Where does Bell venture in August 1901 to overcome her fears of climbing mountains?

4. Bell launches the first of many trips into the desert, taking along only which employees?

5. When Bell continues eastward and across the Pacific, where in North America does she initially land?

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