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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 16 finds Bell in the East disembarking from a what?
(a) Troop transport train.
(b) Troop transport trailer.
(c) Troop transport lorry (truck).
(d) Troop transport ship.

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?
(a) Turks.
(b) Austrian-Hungarians.
(c) Germans.
(d) Bolsheviks.

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

4. Bell arrives where in November 1913?
(a) Amman.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Beirut.
(d) Jerusalem.

5. Upon returning home, Bell spends how long writing a new book bearing the title Amurath to Amurath?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 15 months.
(d) 18 months.

6. What is the purpose of Bell's initial trip to Jerusalem?
(a) To study Hebrew and enter the Arabic world.
(b) To study Altai and enter the Arabic world.
(c) To study Bodish and enter the Arabic world.
(d) To study Arabic and enter the Arabic world.

7. In May of 1911 Bell meets Thomas Edward Lawrence whose position is what?
(a) Senior archeologist.
(b) Royal archeologist.
(c) Junior geologish.
(d) Junior archaeologist.

8. Bell next goes to stay with the Lascelles at their embassy home in ________, but finds it boring.
(a) Berne, Switzerland.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Vienna, Austria.
(d) Paris, France.

9. What is Bell's response to spending the winter away from her English home?
(a) She is particularly taken by customs and culture so different from England.
(b) She finds the customs and culture to be very similar to those in England.
(c) She thinks that Romania, having only achieved freedom just over a decade before, has little in the way of culture.
(d) She is especially lonely, missing England, her home, and her father.

10. Whose coronation does Bell attend on June 22, 1911?
(a) Edward V.
(b) James II.
(c) George V.
(d) Charles I.

11. At age two, what is the name of the Middlesbrough home Bell and her family move to?
(a) Red Barns.
(b) Red River.
(c) Reddington.
(d) Red Oaks.

12. Who are the children of Hugh Bell and Florence Olliffe?
(a) Hugo, Molly, and Elsa.
(b) Harry, Mary, and Elsa.
(c) Harry, Molly, and Lisa.
(d) Hugo, Mary, and Lisa.

13. Who joins Bell in Turkey?
(a) Two drivers and vehicles.
(b) A requisite military squad.
(c) A requisite soldier.
(d) A hired team of several guards.

14. On her 1905 trip, what does Bell plan to study and observe so she can share her findings with the English?
(a) Bedouine and Byzantine people and Roman and Druze ruins.
(b) Roman and Byzantine people and Bedouin and Druze ruins.
(c) Bedouine and Byzantine ruins and the Roman and Druze people.
(d) Roman and Byzantine ruins and the Bedouin and Druze people.

15. What adventure does Bell tackle before returning to England in July 1903?
(a) Rafting the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
(b) Climbing in the Rocky Mountains.
(c) Crossing the Mojave Desert.
(d) Trekking through Baja California.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In a trip across the desert, Bell spends months documenting and photographing what?

3. What city do Bell and her caravan reach in Chapter 12?

4. Chapter 4 finds Bell how old and mourning the loss of Cadogan, who has died of pneumonia?

5. When in 1911 does Bell again leave England for a trip to the East?

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