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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. How are the columns in the sixth room decorated?

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

3. Ralph visits Carter's dig and guesses that Carter uncovered what?

4. What type of poetry did Atum-hadu write?

5. Who is Howard Carter?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Margaret writes Ralph and complains of boredom, what does she ask him to let her do?

2. What is the explanation that Margaret gives for her odd initial letter to Ralph?

3. What is the problem with the second door?

4. How does CCF react to the news that Ralph has found the tomb?

5. Who is Ferrell?

6. Why does Margaret want Ralph to return to Boston?

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

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

9. Why does Ralph cut the pay of his workers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the structure of the book influence the way in which the story is presented? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme of immortality affect the characters in the book? What definition of immortality is used by the various characters? Cite specific examples in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is an epilogue? How would an epilogue have helped this book? Support your answer with information from the book.

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