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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Pharaoh responsible for?

2. What does the Pharaoh make grow?

3. Dios once again winces at a pain in his body and makes a mental note that he will have to go where that night?

4. Does the Pharaoh know how he makes the sun come up?

5. When Ptaclusp and IIb turn to look, what do they see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to King Teppicymon XXVII when he lands on the ground?

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

3. Why does Dios want the pyramid to be done in three months?

4. What has Teppic been a part of during his two weeks in Djelibeybi?

5. How do the boys escape the five men?

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

7. What is learned about Ephebe and Tsort?

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

9. What information is learned about Teppic when he falls from the roof?

10. What happens to King Teppicymon XXVII when the sun is blotted out by a dark shadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Teppic wants to break tradition.

Part 1) Why does he want to break tradition? How does he break tradition? What are the consequences?

Part 2) Are these consequences necessary? Why or why not? Why do these consequences take place?

Part 3) How does the power of tradition exist today in real life? What are our own consequences for breaking tradition? How is tradition important today?

Essay Topic 2

Teppic resides over the supreme court.

Part 1) What power does he have as the judge at the court? Why?

Part 2) What might this say about our own supreme court and those who rule over it? What message does this send to the reader?

Part 3) What other aspects of this book reflect aspects in our own culture? Are these positive reflections of our society? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The people of this planet fear their gods.

Part 1) Why do they fear their gods? What is revealed about these gods throughout this story?

Part 2) Does this view of the godly reflect the author's opinion about religion? Why or why not? What does this story say about religion?

Part 3) do you agree with this story about the creation of gods, therefore the creation of religion? Why or why not?

Part 4) How does this view of religion affect you? How important is religion in your own life?

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