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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. Why does Margaret request that Ralph return to Boston immediately after CCF wires funds to him?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She wants children.
(d) She is sick.

2. What does Terbroogan feel for Trilipush?
(a) Respect.
(b) Fear.
(c) Dislike.
(d) Friendliness.

3. When Ralph finds that the funds haven't gone through, where does he have lunch with his real estate agent?
(a) The Exclusive Club.
(b) The Explorer's Club.
(c) The Excavator's Club.
(d) The Excelsior Club.

4. When Ralph recovers from his illness, what time of day does he visit Carter's find?
(a) At dawn.
(b) At dusk.
(c) In the daylight.
(d) At night.

5. When a second worker gets hurt, where does Ralph send everyone for help?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To Cairo.
(c) Into town.
(d) To Carter's dig site.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is CCF's relationship to Margaret?

2. What hotel does Ralph stay at in Cairo in October 1922?

3. Margaret writes to Ralph of Cornelius Macy, whom she met at what location?

4. Ralph sends a telegram complaining to CCF after receiving money in his account? Why?

5. How many columns are in the room with the seventh door?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ralph hurt his foot?

2. When Ralph leaves the workers to guard the tomb and goes into town, what does he do in town?

3. Describe the staircase that Ralph visits at Carter's site.

4. How does Ralph get a look inside the tomb?

5. Describe the party CCF threw for Ralph and Margaret.

6. In the very first entry of the book, what does Ralph want Margaret to know about the letter he is writing?

7. What does the letter from ter Breuggen to Ralph at the beginning or Ralph's dig say?

8. In his childhood, what did Ralph tell the vicar about Egyptian theology that got him beaten?

9. Who is Ferrell?

10. What is Ferrell's theory of human behavior?

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