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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. He takes his bow and arrow and points it at a vague place in the room and fires one arrow while looking at Mericet. What does the arrow do?
(a) It hits Mericet.
(b) It hits Teppic in the leg.
(c) It ricochets off several places and lands perfectly on the sleeping figure.
(d) It goes out the window.

2. The boys killed ______________ during the exam.
(a) Dummies.
(b) Students.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Criminals.

3. Teppic explains that he worships a different kind of god. Who is his god?
(a) The sun god.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Jesus.

4. What happens to Teppic when he reaches a rooftop that had always had a ledge and plank connecting that roof to the neighboring roof?
(a) He looks for Mericet.
(b) He jumps off of it.
(c) He falls from the roof.
(d) He sits down on it.

5. What does the Pharaoh make grow?
(a) The corn.
(b) The problems in his country.
(c) The cows.
(d) The wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The king had spent several days with whom?

2. What does Teppic remember about his aunt?

3. According to Dios, the pyramid should be done in _________ months in time for Inundation.

4. Teppic looks at the figure for sometime and then decides that he _____________ kill the person.

5. How will they get the pyramid done in time and only pay one man for the work of seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ptaclusp, Illa, and Illb say about the building of this pyramid?

2. What does Teppic learn about the person he had killed during the test?

3. Who are the five men following Teppic and his friends?

4. What do Ptaclusp and his son Ilb notice about the pyramid?

5. What must happen to the man whose hand was touched by Teppic? How does Teppic feel about this?

6. How does Teppic try to break tradition?

7. What is King Teppicyon XXVII doing during this time?

8. What does the Pharaoh think about his ability to make the sun rise?

9. What does Teppic find as he reaches the last room of the exam? What else does he notice in the room?

10. What new idea does Teppic have about being king? How does this affect others?

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