2. Why does Lostris wait in the palace as the Hyksos approach?
(a) She will not board the ship until all her people are onboard.
(b) She would rather die in her palace than be a wanderer.
(c) She wants to test Tanus's love.
(d) She does not realize the Hyksos are so close.

3. What is Memnon's reaction to the hunt?
(a) He becomes bloodthirsty.
(b) He has tears in his eyes.
(c) He kneels in the plain and cries.
(d) He is stone-faced and silent.

4. What is the constant problem with the first chariots?
(a) The men cannot drive the horses.
(b) The horses are scared of them.
(c) The wheels fall off.
(d) The chariots are very heavy.

5. At the place where the two rivers meet, why is Taita not content?
(a) He is not convinced this is the proper burial place for Pharaoh.
(b) He is uneasy to extend Egyptian power this far.
(c) He is impatient to return to Thebes.
(d) He wants to continue traveling.

6. Why do the Egyptians want to meet the Cush people?
(a) Because they need guidance about the geography.
(b) Because they need slaves.
(c) Because they need allies.
(d) Because they want to understand this foreign land fully.

7. Why are Lord Nembet and most of his men killed by the Hyksos?
(a) Lord Nembet laughed at Tanus's warning letter.
(b) The men were sailors not warriors.
(c) The men were poor archers.
(d) Lord Nembet had not trained them well.

8. When does Memnon first see Masara, prisoner of the Ethiopian king Arkoun?
(a) When she is walking along the sandy shore of the Nile.
(b) When she is sitting at the edge of the camp with her four jailers.
(c) When she is playing bao board with the king.
(d) When she is bathing on the banks of the Nile.

9. Why does Lostris delay the burial of her husband past the seventy days of embalming?
(a) The tomb is not yet finished because Pharaoh died earlier than expected.
(b) Memnon is not yet old enough to attend the burial ceremony.
(c) She is afraid the Hyksos will plunder the tomb.
(d) She does not feel that there is enough treasure to accompany him.

10. Why does Taita think he deserves to be called the best artist in all the land?
(a) Because of his clay pots.
(b) Because of his medicinal skills.
(c) Because of his writing prowess.
(d) Because of his painted murals.

11. What is a large part of a physician's training?
(a) Learning the appropriate healing chants.
(b) Learning how to deal with battle wounds.
(c) Learning how to be gentle with wounded patients.
(d) Learning how to save a warrior at all cost.

12. Following the battle with the Hyksos, what did Tanus do that caused him great grief?
(a) Said goodbye to Lostris for the next three months.
(b) Burned half his ships because he no longer had men to pilot them.
(c) Burned the bodies of five thousand faithful soldiers who were killed.
(d) Said goodbye to the dying Pharaoh for the last time.

13. How far south had civilized man progressed, prior to this Egyptian journey?
(a) To the second cataract.
(b) To the southern border of Egypt.
(c) To the first cataract.
(d) To the source of the Nile.

14. Why does Taita wait with Tanus's body the full forty days of embalming?
(a) Memnon wants him to ensure the body is safely transported.
(b) He wants to ensure the embalming is done properly.
(c) He is afraid to face the queen's grief.
(d) He is also preparing Tanus's tomb to receive his body.

15. Why is Taita filled with terror when he sees the dust cloud of the approaching enemy?
(a) He does not have time to warn Tanus before the enemy arrives.
(b) The picture matches his vision of destruction that would come to Egypt.
(c) He does not understand what could cause the dust cloud.
(d) He is afraid for the coming battle.