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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 495-528.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?
(a) They want to welcome Lostris back home.
(b) They cannot begin the feast of Osiris until Lostris returns.
(c) They are allowed to eat hippopotamus only then, during the feast of Osiris.
(d) They are concerned for the safety of the sailors.

2. What does "Lostris" mean?
(a) Daughter of the Waters.
(b) Daughter of the Morning.
(c) Daughter of Kings.
(d) Girl of the Lilies.

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

4. What does Lostris tell Taita, as she lies dying?
(a) She has only loved two men: Tanus and him.
(b) She wishes he were Memnon's father.
(c) She loves Pharaoh more than him.
(d) She loves him as a father.

5. What does Taita name the gnu illness?
(a) The Yellow Strangler.
(b) The Red Death.
(c) The Black Death.
(d) The Black Strangler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?

2. Why does Taita wait with Tanus's body the full forty days of embalming?

3. Why is Taita able to build an experimental squadron of chariots?

4. How are Taita's animals killed?

5. Once Taita finds Tanus, how does he sober him up?

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