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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Thebes Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nefernefernefer ask for the first time she meets Sinuhe?
(a) The priest.
(b) Metufer, a classmate.
(c) Sinuhe's father.
(d) Ptahor.

2. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?
(a) Horemheb.
(b) The pharaoh.
(c) Sinuhe's father.
(d) Nefernefernefer.

3. How long has Sinuhe been in exile at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Three months.
(b) 15 years.
(c) Three years.
(d) 2,000 years.

4. What is Sinuhe's favorite toy as a child?
(a) A reed boat.
(b) Glass marbles.
(c) A wooden crocodile.
(d) A cane.

5. How does Sinuhe get his medicines?
(a) His father mixes them for him.
(b) He makes them.
(c) He buys them from Crete.
(d) His mother makes all the medicines.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?

2. What, according to the prince, Amenhotep, is an abomination to Aton?

3. How does Sinuhe know that he is to assist Phator and go with him to the pharaoh?

4. When Sinuhe admits to the priest that the god Ammon did not speak to him, what do the priests and his classmates do?

5. What does Sinuhe do with the gift from Nefernefernefer?

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