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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 146-190.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Taita help a shrieking woman at the riverside?
(a) Her daughter was eaten by a crocodile.
(b) Her daughter was abducted by slave traders.
(c) Her son was killed in the hippopotamus hunt.
(d) She went into labor on the shore.

2. What happens when Taita approaches Lord Intef to explain Lostris's love for Tanus?
(a) He is whipped.
(b) Lord Intef threatens to kill Tanus.
(c) Lord Intef listens and approves.
(d) He is imprisoned.

3. What surgery must Taita perform on Rasfer after the pageant?
(a) Draining the brain of blood.
(b) Sewing up several sword wounds.
(c) Removing splinters of an arrow.
(d) Setting a broken arm.

4. What gives Taita the right to speak sharply to Tanus when he and Lostris board the Breath of Horus?
(a) Tanus is a lowly soldier.
(b) Tanus was rude to him first.
(c) He is Tanus's cousin.
(d) He was once Tanus's tutor.

5. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?
(a) Reading the stars.
(b) Working the Mazes.
(c) Casting lots.
(d) Interpreting the scrolls of his birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Taita witnesses the lovers' kiss, what does Lostris demand of him?

2. How does Lostris treat the common people in the city?

3. Why does Nembet, the Great Lion of Egypt, become angry with Tanus?

4. Why does Lostris want to drink poison on her wedding night?

5. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?

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