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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. A few days into her trip, a Druze band attacks Bell's caravan, but who rescues them?
(a) Lebanese soldiers.
(b) Lawrence.
(c) Two sheiks.
(d) Jordanian shepherds.

2. Janet Wallach shows Bell is more comfortable in the company of men, noting it is probably as a result of what?
(a) Her unhesitant insistence to approach them as equals.
(b) Her particularly close relationship with her brother.
(c) Her extremely close relationship with her father.
(d) Her mother dying young and her civil, but distant, relations with stepmother.

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

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

5. What is Bell doing in the remainder of 1911 and 1912?
(a) Resting, gardening, and writing articles on archeology.
(b) Exploring and documenting her journey.
(c) Lecturing and writing articles on archeology.
(d) Rock climbing, exploring, and writing articles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8 finds Bell is active in which movement in England in 1908?

2. After returning to London in 1889, Bell spends how long in social seasons without garnering any marriage proposals?

3. 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?

4. Bell finds herself meeting members of which esteemed group in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 13, Bell stays for several weeks before heading in which direction and arriving on May 1, 1914?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bell spend her time doing upon returning to England following her trip to the East in the winter of 1909?

2. What is transpiring in Bell's life at the beginning of Chapter 14?

3. How does Bell win the man over she met years earlier and who will become her mentor?

4. What takes place at the Cairo Conference?

5. How and when does Gertrude die?

6. What is Bell doing in August of 1901?

7. In what ways is a burgeoning friendship between Faisal and Bell shown?

8. In what fashion is Bell raised?

9. What troubles occur in Chapter 34?

10. What takes place in the autumn of 1924?

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