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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dios remembers all the times that he has made the trip to the necropolis to revive himself. Why did he have to do this?
(a) There was no one to rule that was competent.
(b) He was looking for someone to rule.
(c) He was bored.
(d) He was afraid of dying.

2. Why is every person stuck within Djelibeybi?
(a) The roads out of the city lead back in again.
(b) They are all locked in the buildings.
(c) The roads are blocked.
(d) The fog is too thick to find a way out.

3. The camel does the calculations needed to know ______________.
(a) The date Teppic was born.
(b) The time the king will come back to life.
(c) How to get back into the city.
(d) The exact moment the pyramid will collapse the time around it.

4. There is a man in a cell that has cursed in the name of the king. What is his punishment?
(a) Death.
(b) His eyes are to be gouged out.
(c) His tongue is to be cut out of his mouth.
(d) His hands are to be cut off.

5. Ptraci and Teppic run to the stables and find ______________.
(a) A lone camel.
(b) A loud rooster.
(c) An old horse.
(d) A small mule.

6. What are the gods that the people worshipped doing?
(a) Appearing all over the city.
(b) Calling the people to the city.
(c) Disappearing.
(d) Running away from the city.

7. When they are out to sea, what does Teppic do?
(a) Dreams about his childhood.
(b) Steers the ship.
(c) Falls asleep and dreams the strange dreams that Pharaohs have.
(d) Talks to Chidder about their childhood.

8. In the city of Djelibeybi, the embalmer, Dil, gets out of bed and goes outside. How does he feel about what he sees?
(a) Angry.
(b) Astonished.
(c) Not surprised.
(d) Scared.

9. What had some of the gods begun to do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Die.
(c) Evaporate.
(d) Fight over the right to rule the sun.

10. Why does Khuft run into the desert?
(a) He had been cheating people with his used camel business.
(b) He was trying to find the city.
(c) He is running away from the villagers.
(d) He is looking for food.

11. How does Teppic act when Dios tells him that the girl from court has been freed from the prison?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Angry.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Embarrassed.

12. Why are the pyramids dangerous?
(a) They suck in the living.
(b) They might sink into the ground.
(c) They could fall over.
(d) They use up past time over and over again.

13. Is Teppic able to get much help while with the philosophers?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Most of the time.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

14. Dios announces the kings verdict and that in concordance with the law what will happen to the girl?
(a) She will be fed to the sacred crocodiles.
(b) She will be banished.
(c) She will be set free.
(d) She will be tortured.

15. What does IIb decide is the only way to fix Ila?
(a) To build another pyramid.
(b) To destroy the pyramid.
(c) To destroy him.
(d) To kill Dios.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do the philosophers offer to Teppic?

2. The following day Teppic resides over ______________.

3. Why do Ptaclusp's sons say that the pyramid has to be capped that night?

4. What does Dios do when Teppic tries to pass what he feels are fair judgments for the people?

5. What is the only thing that has sat between Ephebe and Tsort?

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