2. Why, when the king dies, is a pyramid built and his body mummified?
(a) Mummification prepares the king for his journey into the afterlife.
(b) Mummification preserves a king for many centuries.
(c) No one can survive the power of the pyramid without being mummified.
(d) The reason for the pyramid has been forgotten.

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

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

5. To what do the philosophers offer to Teppic?
(a) A party.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Tea.
(d) A study session.

6. Teppic needs a place to hide Ptraci and leaves her ______________.
(a) His his bed chambers.
(b) In the courtroom.
(c) In the prison.
(d) In the embalming room.

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

8. How is Ila moving?
(a) Sporadically.
(b) Sideways in time.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Quickly.

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

10. Who is Khuft?
(a) A giant.
(b) The founder of the city.
(c) The name of the pyramid.
(d) The Sphinx.

11. What does Dios do when Teppic tries to pass what he feels are fair judgments for the people?
(a) Dios translates for him and each time it is completely different from what Teppic has decreed.
(b) Dios agrees with Teppic.
(c) Dios tells Teppic he is wrong.
(d) Dios becomes upset.

12. While Teppic is at the tea social with the philosophers, he talks to _______________, who is the expert on geometry.
(a) Pthergen.
(b) Python.
(c) Pthagoras.
(d) Pthagonal.

13. What was another problem that has occurred during the building of the pyramid?
(a) Teppic did not like the design.
(b) The workers are adding up their time and charging a year's wage for a couple of days.
(c) The price of stone has increased.
(d) The workers no longer wanted to work on the project.

14. What is the camel's name?
(a) You Fool.
(b) You Bastard.
(c) You Jerk.
(d) Pthagoras.

15. Why is Ptraci supposed to kill herself?
(a) She is an orphan.
(b) So she can be the late king's servant in his afterlife.
(c) She has committed a sin.
(d) She is an illegitimate child.