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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 12, The Water Clock Measures Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the women of Crete wear their hair?
(a) Cut like a boys.
(b) Flat to their heads with lots of oils.
(c) High on their head with small hats.
(d) Curly and short.

2. What errand does the Pharaoh Ahknaton send Sinuhe on in the name of peace?
(a) To talk to Horemheb and get him to stop shedding blood.
(b) To spy on Eie.
(c) To visit his friend Aziru and negotiate a treaty.
(d) To follow Nefretiti.

3. What does Kaptah use to find his way back to the opening of the cave?
(a) A spool of thread.
(b) A string.
(c) He drops rocks.
(d) He draws on the wall of the cave.

4. When Sinuhe finds his old friend Thothmes, what is he doing for a living?
(a) Working for Nefernefernefer.
(b) Making picture books for rich men's children.
(c) Working for Semnut, Sinuhe's father.
(d) Painting in the royal court.

5. While Sinuhe is in Akhetaton, where is Horemheb?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Syria.
(c) Crete.
(d) Memphis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Minea know that she must return to the land of Crete?

3. What does Pepitamon do to find favor with Pharaoh Ahknaton?

4. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?

5. What does everyone know about the opening of the pharaoh's skull?

(see the answer key)

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