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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts the evening for Amelia and Evelyn and sends them back to their rooms?
(a) Evelyn faints.
(b) Walter attempts to kiss Evelyn in public.
(c) Evelyn and Walter argue.
(d) Amelia and Radcliffe argue.

2. What is a dahabeeyah?
(a) A luxury liner.
(b) A steamship.
(c) An elaborate houseboat.
(d) A paddleboat.

3. How does Amelia react when she sees the apparition?
(a) She attempts to grab it through the mosquito netting.
(b) She screams out in terror.
(c) She calls for Evelyn to come see it.
(d) She closes her eyes and pretends to sleep.

4. Why does Abdullah think the men have stopped singing while they work?
(a) He believes they are frightened of the dead.
(b) He believes they are unhappy over their wages.
(c) He believes they no longer want to work for the Englishmen.
(d) He believes they are exhausted and overworked.

5. How does Evelyn find herself alone on the streets of Rome?
(a) Alberto and Evelyn have been kicked out of their apartment.
(b) Alberto has gone back to England for three months.
(c) Alberto and Evelyn have had a fist fight.
(d) Alberto has taken her belongings and deserted her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the museum to which Amelia and Evelyn go?

2. What does Amelia hear in her room in the middle of the night?

3. What happens to Emerson in the early hours of the morning after Amelia has tended to him?

4. Why will the local workmen no longer work for the Emersons?

5. What does Lucas tell Evelyn about her grandfather's estate?

(see the answer key)

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