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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When some Egyptians want to leave the caravan ships traveling south, what does Queen Lostris do?
(a) Cuts their tongues out so they can no longer grumble.
(b) Offers to put them ashore for the Hyksos to find and capture.
(c) Imprisons them in the ships' holds.
(d) Throws them overboard.

2. After passing the first cataract, what animal do Taita and his charioteers hunt?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Oryx.
(c) Gnu.
(d) Deer.

3. After Lostris gives birth to a daughter, how soon must Taita have another dream to explain another pregnancy?
(a) One year later.
(b) Two years later.
(c) Five years later.
(d) Within the same year.

4. What is Memnon's reaction to the hunt?
(a) He has tears in his eyes.
(b) He kneels in the plain and cries.
(c) He is stone-faced and silent.
(d) He becomes bloodthirsty.

5. How does Taita remove the arrow from Pharaoh's chest?
(a) By gently working it backward.
(b) By pulling it out quickly.
(c) With greased spoons.
(d) By pushing it through his body.

6. Where is Arkoun's castle?
(a) On the banks of the Nile.
(b) On the foothills of a mountain.
(c) On a vast plain.
(d) On a wind-swept mountain.

7. What do Taita's pregnancy tests for Lostris involve?
(a) Crocodile meat and lily flowers.
(b) Mangoes and a full moon.
(c) Corn and frogs.
(d) Nile water and wine.

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

9. What dream does Taita have to explain Lostris's pregnancy?
(a) Pharaoh came back from paradise and slept with her at night.
(b) The child was conceived before Pharaoh's death but did not grow until now.
(c) Lostris has generative powers to conceive a child without a man.
(d) The goddess Hapi approved of Tanus and Lostris's union.

10. What happens when Memnon sees Masara again?
(a) He offers to make her queen of Egypt.
(b) He blushes and cannot speak.
(c) He falls to his knees in worship.
(d) He does not recognize her.

11. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?
(a) Shot by a crew of archers.
(b) Nailed upside-down to the city gates.
(c) Thrown to the crocodiles.
(d) Starved to death in their prison cells.

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

13. What does Taita do before he tells Pharaoh that Lostris is pregnant again?
(a) He offers sacrifices of thanks at the temple of Hapi.
(b) He casts the horoscope to see if the child will be born under good stars.
(c) He consults the oracles to see if the child will be a boy.
(d) He tells Tanus that the child is really his.

14. What does Memnon argue so that he can go hunting with Taita and the other charioteers?
(a) He is the crown prince and should lead his people.
(b) He needs to practice his hunting skills.
(c) Queen Lostris gave him permission to accompany Taita.
(d) He deserves to be with the hunters rather than the women.

15. Why is Memnon awarded the Gold of Valour?
(a) He saves Tanus and Taita from a wounded bull elephant.
(b) He accompanies Lord Aqer's expedition.
(c) He leads the first raid of the Shilluk villages to capture slaves.
(d) He saves Tanus and Taita from being swept away in the river rapids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if Lostris bore the illegitimate child of another man?

2. Why do the Hyksos pass by their victims rather than running straight into them?

3. What happens when the elephants are first injured?

4. How old is Prince Memnon when a messenger brings news of the fall of the Lower Kingdom?

5. Why does the queen not want her people to build a temple to Ammon-Ra?

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