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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does evidence at the tomb lead Emerson to believe in Chapter 6?

2. Where do the Emersons stay in Cairo?

3. What does Lady Baskerville ask Emerson to do in Chapter 2?

4. What is Milverton's lifelong ambition?

5. What does O'Connell say about the tomb that is being excavated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lady Baskerville ask of Emerson in Chapter 2, and under what circumstance does he accept her proposal?

2. What state is the tomb in when Amelia arrives at the dig site in Chapter 9?

3. What is the cause of a howl heard from outside Baskerville House in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Emerson rush to tell his men about his injury in Chapter 8?

5. What does Kevin O'Connell ask Amelia for in Chapter 9?

6. What does Mary say about Armadale in Chapter 7?

7. What concerns Emerson about the staffing of dig site in Chapter 4? Why is the expedition missing this member of the team?

8. During Milverton and Amelia's conversation, what does Milverton claim to see?

9. Why does Amelia believe Lady Baskerville employs Atiyah?

10. What has curtailed Amelia and Emerson's travels to Egypt? What do they spend their days doing now?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Emerson and Amelia. Are they happily married? How did they meet? What do they love and admire about each other?

Essay Topic 2

Examine and describe the background and career of the author of the novel, Elizabeth Peters. Is she knowledgeable in the subject of archaeology? What other novels has she written?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Why might Amelia have suspected them of murder at times? What motives could these characters have had for murder? Which characters bring a comedic element to the novel?

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