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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dios looks into Ptraci's hiding place and she is not there, how does Teppic hide his surprise?
(a) He coughs.
(b) Behind a mask.
(c) He runs out of the room.
(d) He laughs.

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

3. What does Chidder do for Teppic and Ptraci?
(a) He saves the city.
(b) He takes them as passengers on his boat and gives them clothes.
(c) He finds them a way home.
(d) He gives them money.

4. Describe these gods.
(a) Very intelligent.
(b) Very powerful.
(c) Very scary.
(d) Very dim-witted.

5. Why does Ptraci not realize that Teppic is the king?
(a) He is wearing a disguise.
(b) He has cut his hair.
(c) He shaved off his beard.
(d) He had worn the ceremonial mask during her trial.

6. He goes to the home of his apprentice, Gern, and wakes him for what reason?
(a) To let him in on Dios' plans.
(b) To show him what is in the sky.
(c) To hide.
(d) To tell him of Teppic's location.

7. When do Teppic and Ptaclusp decide that the capping ceremony will begin?
(a) In one month.
(b) The next week.
(c) That night.
(d) The next day.

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) Scared.
(d) Not surprised.

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

10. While Dios is looking around the room accusingly, he notices that Teppic has what in his room?
(a) A metal bed.
(b) A feather bed.
(c) A cotton bed.
(d) A waterbed.

11. Teppic is able to slip past the guards and finds Ptraci hiding ______________.
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the embalming room where he left her.
(c) In the pyramid.
(d) In his bed chamber.

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

13. Why is there no one to recognize Teppic except Dio?
(a) Teppic has not been seen in public.
(b) Teppic has just had his hair cut.
(c) Teppic usually has to wear the golden mask.
(d) Teppic has just shaved off his beard.

14. What does Teppic discover when he is looking for the city?
(a) If he holds his head at the correct angle and squints, he can see the city throught a crack in a stone.
(b) Another city.
(c) Ephebe.
(d) The lost city of Atlantis.

15. Dios comes to his senses. What does he tell the others?
(a) The king is dead with no successor.
(b) To help the king.
(c) To stop fighting.
(d) To pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the king a little surprised to see Gern and Dil there?

2. Teppic tells Ptraci that he is the king. Why is she not convinced?

3. Why is Ptraci reluctant to go with Teppic?

4. She tells Teppic that he should not have to do anything just because the city disappeared. How does Teppic respond?

5. Why does no one listen to the dead king's response regarding the girl?

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