EL BOB 24-25: The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra's Needle

In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra's Needle, what is Cleopatra's Needle?

• obelisk
• column
• monolith
• stela

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, Cleopatra’s Needle was originally from what country?

• Greece
• Italy
• Turkey
• Egypt

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, where can Cleopatra’s Needle be found today?

• The Vatican City, Rome
• The British Museum, London
• The Louvre, Paris
• Central Park, New York City

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, how did they fit Cleopatra’s Needle on the boat?

• They placed it upright on the deck of the boat.
• They used a standard shipping container for transport.
• They disassembled Cleopatra's Needle before loading it.
• They made a hole in the ship to fit Cleopatra's Needle.

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, the workers built tracks out of what to move Cleopatra’s Needle.

• wood
• metal
• stone
• plastic

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1. In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, after the crewmembers discover the hole in the boiler, Thomas Brighton suggests they use _________ to plug the hole. 

• a rubber gasket
• chewing gum

• a piece of wood
• a metal plate

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, the needle was covered in what to protect it while it was moved?

• cardboard box
• wood casing

• plastic wrap
• bubble wrap

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, instead of going to school, where did Thomas Brighton help his father?

• On a construction site
• At a local library
• In a factory

• At the family business

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, Heliopolis is called the City of the ____.

• Sun
• Stars
• Earth
• Moon

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In The Mostly True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, what job does the Young Egyptian Party assign to Panya Hassan?

• Historian

• Guide

• Architect

• Spy

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