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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Claudia revisits Egypt as a tourist, why is her bus companion disappointed?
(a) Because you can no longer climb up the pyramid.
(b) Because none of the mummies were alive.
(c) Because there is an additional fee for lunch.
(d) Because he could not enter a tomb.

2. What won't the nurse tell Claudia as she suffers her miscarriage?
(a) Whether she'll be able to have another baby.
(b) What time it occurs.
(c) The baby's gender.
(d) How to stop the pain.

3. Which Egyptian city does Claudia plan to feature in her history book?
(a) Nile.
(b) London.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Cairo.

4. What does the nurse tell Claudia when her miscarriage begins?
(a) It's false labor pains.
(b) That the hospital won't care for her without insurance.
(c) That her baby will be a preemie.
(d) It's for the best since she's not married.

5. Who is injured in Claudia's limo accident?
(a) Claudia and a traffic cop.
(b) Claudia and a taxi driver.
(c) Claudia and an actor.
(d) Claudia and a camel.

6. In Chapter 15, from whom does Claudia receive the best birthday present?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Lazlo.

7. What were Tom and Claudia exploring as he stole kisses in dark corners?
(a) A mosque.
(b) A market.
(c) A tent.
(d) A pyramid.

8. What question does Claudia ask when she has a delusional moment in the hospital?
(a) Whether her baby is a boy or a girl.
(b) Why the spiders are running across her.
(c) Who took her money.
(d) Where the polar bear went.

9. With whom does 17-year-old Claudia go to Paris?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Her father.
(c) Tom.
(d) Gordon.

10. In what year do the Allies endure months of standoff with Rommel's tanks?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

11. In Chapter 14, what observation does Claudia make about her body?
(a) It is feeling tired.
(b) It records events.
(c) It is looking old.
(d) It has been through a lot.

12. What injuries does Claudia suffer from her limo accident?
(a) Head trama and broken ribs.
(b) Head trama and internal injuries.
(c) Brocken sternum and internal injuries.
(d) Broken ribs and internal injuries.

13. What does Lisa find in her mother's secret-compartment ring as a child?
(a) A phone number.
(b) Money.
(c) A pill.
(d) Sand.

14. Where does Claudia move to until her first baby is born?
(a) Her mother's home.
(b) A homeless shelter.
(c) A nursing home.
(d) A halfway house.

15. How old is Claudia when she takes the position afforded her due to the successful book she recalls in Chapter 13?
(a) 29.
(b) 39.
(c) 46.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claudia writing when she receives her Fortnum's gift basket in the hospital?

2. Where was the camp that Claudia visited in late 1945 located?

3. How long are Claudia and Gordon lovers?

4. In Chapter 16, what does the reader learn that Claudia publish just a few weeks prior to her birthday?

5. How exactly does Tom die?

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