2. Contrary to Pharaoh's plans, why does Lostris set out to charm him?
(a) To win his love and eventually marriage.
(b) To win his favor for Tanus.
(c) To win freedom for Taita.
(d) To win favor for her father.

3. How does Taita fake his own death in order to search for Tanus?
(a) Sprinkled a cat's blood over a boat and left the boat to drift.
(b) Took a large dose of the sleeping potion.
(c) He held an embalming ceremony for himself (the body was a stranger's).
(d) Lostris spread rumors that he was dead while he hid in her rooms for a month.

4. What does Shufti the baron offer Tanus in return for twenty of his "slave girls"?
(a) His protection.
(b) A thousand gold rings.
(c) A letter of safe passage.
(d) A shrike bird feather.

5. Once he is seated on the ark carrying his coffin, what unprecedented thing does Pharaoh do?
(a) Acknowledge the praise of the crowds.
(b) Beckon Taita, the slave, into the seat beside him.
(c) Help Lostris into the seat beside him.
(d) Spurn the praise of the crowds.

6. When a beggar boy asks for alms from Taita, what does Taita give him?
(a) A date fruit that changes to a scorpion.
(b) A date fruit that changes to two date fruits.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A date fruit that changes to a stone.

7. How does the cobra get into Taita's room to attack him?
(a) Through a crack in the east wall.
(b) One of the slave boys brought it in.
(c) Rasfer brought it in secretly.
(d) In a basket of pomegranates and mangoes.

8. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?
(a) With horror.
(b) With holy terror.
(c) With stunned silence.
(d) With wild enthusiasm.

9. Who is bitterly saddened by what Taita displays over the harem wall?
(a) Tanus.
(b) Lord Intef.
(c) Taita himself.
(d) Lostris.

10. Why does Tanus send Taita away before the second battle?
(a) Tanus is going into battle with only fifty men and no physician.
(b) Taita needs to take care of Lostris.
(c) Tanus needs to prepare for another battle.
(d) Taita is too faint-hearted to be much help.

11. Why did Tanus's father die an unhappy death?
(a) He had only one son and eight daughters.
(b) He was destitute and out of favor with Pharaoh.
(c) His wife had died several years earlier.
(d) He was assassinated.

12. In the festival pageant, who plays the role of Seth, an evil god?
(a) Tanus.
(b) Rasfer.
(c) Lord Intef.
(d) Taita.

13. When Taita returns to Lostris, why is she sick?
(a) She has contracted malaria.
(b) She is sick with worry for Tanus.
(c) She has barely eaten anything.
(d) The miscarriage of Pharaoh's child made her ill.

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

15. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?
(a) He had stolen several jewels from Lord Intef's treasury.
(b) He had refused to sacrifice to Lord Intef's favorite god.
(c) He had been unfaithful to Lord Intef and slept with a slave girl.
(d) He had attempted to escape from the palace.