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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. Where do the Emersons have a dinner appointment with Lady Baskerville in Chapter 5?

2. What do Amelia and Emerson miss in Chapter 1?

3. Who do Amelia and Emerson usually employ as their artist?

4. What is Amelia convinced Emerson feels in encounters like ones with the imam?

5. What does Madame Berengeria describe Kevin O'Connell as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amelia think about during dinner at the Luxor Hotel in Chapter 5?

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

3. Who is Kevin O'Connell, and what insinuations does he make when he meets the Emersons?

4. What does Amelia read in the paper in Chapter 1? How does this item make Amelia feel?

5. Why does Amelia believe Lady Baskerville employs Atiyah?

6. As Amelia is walking toward the excavation site in Chapter 7, what worries her?

7. What does Emerson think of Amelia's arranged midnight meeting with Milverton?

8. What did Amelia think Milverton would confess to her in their midnight meeting? What does he actually confess?

9. What does Milverton explain to Amelia about using a pseudonym?

10. Why does Emerson insist on diverting the journey to the dig site by stopping in a village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Amelia Peabody. What are her defining characteristics? What are her interests and hobbies? How does she differ from the typical Victorian-era woman?

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

Analyse Peters' use of suspense in the novel. When does she create a suspenseful mood? Why does she do this? How does she do this?

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