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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. January 1914 ends, water and provisions are running low, and who is sent to warn Bell to turn back?
(a) Lebanese soldiers.
(b) Arabian sheiks.
(c) British soldiers.
(d) Turkish soldiers.

2. When she embarks in 1909, what knowledge does Bell take with her?
(a) Surveying, map making, and astrology.
(b) Surveying, geography, and astronomy.
(c) Surveillance, map making, and astronomy.
(d) Surveying, map making, and astronomy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a second trip, Bell comes dangerously close to losing her life on a climb up what rocky surface?

2. Whose coronation does Bell attend on June 22, 1911?

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

4. Bell eventually gains the confidence of which soldiers who agree to accompany her on her journey over desert sands?

5. In what season of 1871 does Mary Bell die of complications giving birth to a son whose name is Maurice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bell discover upon returning home in June 1923?

2. How does Bell fare at Oxford?

3. What transpires when Bell's caravan reaches Hayil on February 24, 1914?

4. What transpires upon Cox's return to Baghdad in Chapter 27 and Bell relates her concerns?

5. Where are some places Chapter 22 reflects Bell is traveling through en route to Baghdad?

6. What takes place upon Cox's return to Baghdad in October 1920?

7. What has Bell learned on this trip between Damascus and Baghdad in early 1914?

8. What is Bell's plan when facing the challenge of getting Faisal to the throne after the Cairo Conference?

9. What takes place when Bell's white paper is published?

10. What takes place at the Cairo Conference?

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