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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 445-494.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arkoun die?
(a) Tanus fatally stabs him.
(b) He receives a deep arrow wound in his chest.
(c) Taita cuts off his head.
(d) He falls off the castle bridge, a thousand feet down.

2. How does Lostris ensure that Tanus is a part of her son's life?
(a) By ordering him to report directly to her.
(b) By hiring him as one of the royal tutors.
(c) By sending her son to live with him.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

3. What deity is both Lostris's patron and symbolized by the hippopotamus?
(a) Seth god of the underworld.
(b) Horus god the wind.
(c) Hapi goddess of the Nile.
(d) Horus god of the Nile.

4. What happens to the reward that Pharaoh gives to Taita?
(a) Taita wastes it.
(b) It goes to Lostris instead.
(c) Taita buys several pieces of land with it.
(d) Pharaoh takes it back within a week.

5. Where does the Shepherd King shoot his first arrow as the battle begins?
(a) Into Taita's leg.
(b) Randomly into the Egyptian troops.
(c) Into Pharaoh's throne.
(d) Toward Tanus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many wounded Shrikes does Taita care for after the battle?

2. Why does Tanus send Taita away before the second battle?

3. What does Taita name the gnu illness?

4. How does Tanus get back into shape after his weeks of drinking and laziness?

5. Why is Taita nervous about the pageant at the end of the festival?

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