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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. January 1914 ends, water and provisions are running low, and who is sent to warn Bell to turn back?
(a) Lebanese soldiers.
(b) British soldiers.
(c) Arabian sheiks.
(d) Turkish soldiers.

2. Where does Bell obtain this knowledge?
(a) Royal Astronomical Society.
(b) Royal Army Engineer Academy.
(c) Royal Geographical Society.
(d) Royal Army Geography Corps.

3. When Bell continues eastward and across the Pacific, where in North America does she initially land?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Juneau.
(d) Portland.

4. Chapter 16 finds Bell in the East disembarking from a what?
(a) Troop transport lorry (truck).
(b) Troop transport trailer.
(c) Troop transport train.
(d) Troop transport ship.

5. Bell falls in love with which son of British Minister Frank Lascelles?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Billy.
(c) George.
(d) Charles.

6. Bell eventually gains the confidence of which soldiers who agree to accompany her on her journey over desert sands?
(a) Ottoman.
(b) Moroccan.
(c) Bedouin.
(d) Bolshevik.

7. When do Bell and her entourage reach Bombay?
(a) October 1892.
(b) November 1902.
(c) January 1903.
(d) December 1902.

8. Bell next goes to stay with the Lascelles at their embassy home in ________, but finds it boring.
(a) Berne, Switzerland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Berlin, Germany.
(d) Vienna, Austria.

9. Who meets Bell in her office at the military intelligence agency?
(a) T.E. Lawrence.
(b) A.T. Wilson.
(c) P. Cox.
(d) H. Philby.

10. Bell enters a large house where an Arab woman interrogates her and leaves her in a large room for how long before she may see the Emir Ibrihim?
(a) Half a day.
(b) Two hours.
(c) All day.
(d) Four days.

11. At first, the men Bell meets at the start of Chapter 16 are cautious in their interactions with Bell, but she soon wins them over for what reasons?
(a) Her accomplishments and confidence.
(b) Her confidence and aggressiveness.
(c) Her accomplishments and aggressiveness.
(d) Her tenaciousness and composure.

12. Where does Bell visit with her stepmother's sister in 1889 to develop a social life?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Bucharest.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

13. What is Bell's response to spending the winter away from her English home?
(a) She finds the customs and culture to be very similar to those in England.
(b) She is especially lonely, missing England, her home, and her father.
(c) She thinks that Romania, having only achieved freedom just over a decade before, has little in the way of culture.
(d) She is particularly taken by customs and culture so different from England.

14. In the winter of 1909 Bell makes her first journey from Syria to what region?
(a) Mauritania.
(b) Malaysia.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Morocco.

15. Why does Hugh Bell not deem Cadogan to be a fit suitor and refuse to consent to their marrying?
(a) His family's financially embarrassing position in society.
(b) He feels their age difference will be a factor in an unhappy marriage.
(c) He is not as bright as his daughter, feels she can do better.
(d) He is still in the university, feels he is too young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Bell's initial trip to Jerusalem?

2. By the end of May, 1914, Bell is back in England where she receives a prestigious gold medal from whom?

3. At age two, what is the name of the Middlesbrough home Bell and her family move to?

4. Where is Bell's heading on her next trip in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 10, the reader learns Bell spends the balance of 1911 and 1912 where?

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