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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 405-444.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Taita's animals killed?
(a) With arrows.
(b) With a jar of poisoned honey.
(c) With a jar of poisoned goat's milk.
(d) By starvation.

2. What happens when the elephants are first injured?
(a) They become furious and destructive.
(b) They lose a lot of blood and become weak.
(c) They soon lose their will to live.
(d) They huddle together to protect each other.

3. What is the symbol of Pharaoh's power?
(a) A blue hawk seal.
(b) A red falcon seal.
(c) An enormous golden ring.
(d) The Gold of Praise.

4. When Taita explains Pharaoh's horoscope to Lostris, why does it give her hope?
(a) She and Tanus will die and go to paradise together.
(b) Pharaoh will be dead within the year.
(c) Tanus will rescue her in five years.
(d) Pharaoh will be dead in five years.

5. How does Taita map out the Nile as the ships travel on it?
(a) By counting how many times a chariot wheel turns along the bank, paralleling the ship.
(b) By improving the maps made by previous travelers.
(c) By tracking the varying river depths.
(d) By measuring their placement according to the stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?

2. What happens to the reward that Pharaoh gives to Taita?

3. How is Tanus injured in the first elephant hunt?

4. While Lostris is pregnant, what is the one thing she asks for that she does not get?

5. What color does Lostris wear to prove she is a virgin bride?

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