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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Tanus and Lostris first sleep together?
(a) In an empty hillside tomb.
(b) In his tent by the battlefield.
(c) In the hunting cabin by the river.
(d) In Taita's bedroom one afternoon when he is gone.

2. How does Taita explain his absence to Pharaoh?
(a) He says that he was on secret business for the goddess Hapi.
(b) He secretly tells Pharaoh everything that happened.
(c) He says these things are too holy to be spoken of.
(d) He does not have a convincing reason.

3. Where do Taita and Lostris go when they want to talk privately?
(a) In a skiff on the river.
(b) Along the outer walls of the harem.
(c) In her inner chamber bedroom.
(d) Into her water garden.

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

5. What hunt do Taita and Lostris attend with Pharaoh before the windstorm strikes?
(a) Elephant hunt.
(b) Gazelle hunt.
(c) Crocodile hunt.
(d) Leopard hunt.

6. Out of the thirteen barons, how many are killed in this first battle with Tanus?
(a) Four.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Eleven.

7. Though Taita is an accomplished physician, what part of the human anatomy still confuses him (pg 88)?
(a) The veins.
(b) The brain.
(c) The heart.
(d) The lungs.

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

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

10. Why do the Shrikes lose the battle?
(a) The leaders are quickly killed and the men cannot fight without leadership.
(b) They are outnumbered.
(c) They have Tanus at their faces and the "slave girls" at their backs.
(d) They come over the mountain pass too quickly.

11. Why does Taita conduct Pharaoh's tours of his treasuries?
(a) Lord Intef could not answer Pharaoh's questions.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Pharaoh remembered him from the pageant and requested that he lead.
(d) The priests could not answer Pharaoh's questions.

12. How much loyalty does Tanus inspire in his men?
(a) About half of Tanus's regiment respects him.
(b) Several men refuse promotions so they can remain in his regiment.
(c) Only Kratas and Remrem respect him.
(d) Most of Tanus's soldiers are loyal to him.

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

14. During her feast to celebrate Taita, what gift does Lostris try to give him?
(a) Three new slave boys.
(b) His own house apart from hers.
(c) His freedom.
(d) New physician's tools.

15. How many wounded Shrikes does Taita care for after the battle?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what army regiment does Tanus belong?

2. Why was Taita made a eunuch when he was sixteen?

3. In order to thwart Pharaoh, what is Tanus's plan?

4. Near the end of the wedding feast, what does Taita discover about Pharaoh's personality?

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

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