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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. With whom does Dabasir take up?
(a) Tax collectors.
(b) Bansir.
(c) A band of thieves.
(d) Moneylenders.
2. What does Megiddo tell others to do?
(a) Start saving their money.
(b) Leave when it gets dark.
(c) Work hard to avoid being beaten to death.
(d) Sit around and conserve their energy.
3. Who is leading a caravan across the desert?
(a) Mathon.
(b) Rodan.
(c) Bansir.
(d) Sharru Nada.
4. Who gave the gold pieces?
(a) Arkad.
(b) Arad.
(c) Bansir.
(d) The king.
5. Who works as a slave for a rug merchant?
(a) Rodan.
(b) Arad Gula.
(c) Sharru Nada.
(d) Pirate.
6. What does Rodan want to do with his money?
(a) Loan it all to his sister's husband.
(b) Give it to Mathon to handle.
(c) Give it back.
(d) Spend it on luxuries.
7. What does Mathon do?
(a) Tells Rodan two stories.
(b) Gives Rodan money to go away.
(c) Unexpectedly dies.
(d) Leaves immediately.
8. How much gold has Rodan saved over the past three years?
(a) 5 gold pieces.
(b) 1 gold piece.
(c) 2 gold pieces.
(d) 3 gold pieces.
9. Why did Babylon endure for centuries?
(a) The army was really strong.
(b) Luck.
(c) It wasn't attacked often.
(d) Because it was fully protected.
10. What does Banzar say about the walls of Babylon?
(a) They are strong and will keep people safe.
(b) They are going to fall.
(c) They are swaying.
(d) They aren't tall enough.
11. Who decides to follow the advice of the tablets?
(a) Shrewsbury.
(b) Caldwell.
(c) Arkad.
(d) Rodan.
12. What is Rodan's quandary?
(a) Who a stranger is.
(b) What to do with his gold.
(c) What he should eat.
(d) Where to live.
13. Who wrote the five clay tablets mentioned in the letter?
(a) Arkad.
(b) Dabasir.
(c) Rodan.
(d) Mathon.
14. What does the third tablet include?
(a) Plans for Dabasir's new home.
(b) A family tree.
(c) The story of Rodan.
(d) How Dabasir met with his debtors.
15. Who does Sharru Nada approach in order to become his slave?
(a) A baker.
(b) A potter.
(c) A basket maker.
(d) A minister.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the second tablet include?
2. What is the lesson of the second story?
3. Who else comes to join the caravan?
4. What does Dabasir do for Sira?
5. What does Sharru Nada do to make more money at his new position?
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