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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sira tell Dabasir?
(a) That he is royalty, too.
(b) That he can leave without getting into trouble.
(c) That he can change his station in life.
(d) That he is the worst person she's ever met.

2. Why were these gold pieces given?
(a) For no reason at all.
(b) For good advice.
(c) In exchange for spears.
(d) For a holiday.

3. Who is the first person to talk to Banzar?
(a) Rodan.
(b) Mathon.
(c) An elderly merchant.
(d) A woman.

4. What is Rodan's quandary?
(a) What he should eat.
(b) Where to live.
(c) Who a stranger is.
(d) What to do with his gold.

5. What is the name of the sheep thief?
(a) Zaorro.
(b) Zabado.
(c) Rodan.
(d) Sirta.

6. Who is riding with the leader of the caravan?
(a) Rodan.
(b) Mathon.
(c) Hadan Gula.
(d) Algamish.

7. Who is attacking Babylon?
(a) The Assyrians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Romans.

8. Who has just been given 50 pieces of gold?
(a) Bansir.
(b) Rodan.
(c) Arad.
(d) Fobbi.

9. What does Hadan Gula not value?
(a) Women.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Money.
(d) Peace and quiet.

10. What does Dabasir do to keep up with his debt?
(a) He works another job.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He tries to spend less on necessary items.
(d) Borrows money from others.

11. With whom does Dabasir take up?
(a) Tax collectors.
(b) Moneylenders.
(c) Bansir.
(d) A band of thieves.

12. What happens to Dabasir's wife?
(a) She leaves him to return to her father's house.
(b) She tries to help him with the debt.
(c) She moves into another bedroom.
(d) She gives up her luxurious lifestyle.

13. What does Sira ask Dabasir?
(a) Whether he has the heart of a slave or a freeman.
(b) What his favorite camel is.
(c) How much money he has.
(d) Whether he is interested in her.

14. Who wrote the five clay tablets mentioned in the letter?
(a) Mathon.
(b) Arkad.
(c) Rodan.
(d) Dabasir.

15. Who is Banzar?
(a) A wood worker.
(b) A grim warrior in Babylon.
(c) A money lender.
(d) A friend of Mathon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the letter for this chapter?

2. What kind of gates were at the front of Babylon?

3. What else does Banzar tell the person from #110?

4. How much does Dabasir have at the end of 3 months' time?

5. How much gold has Rodan saved over the past three years?

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