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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after Sinuhe and Minea have slept on the boat escaping from Babylon, what is the noise they hear?
(a) An approaching storm.
(b) The slaves on the land.
(c) Kaptah beating on the inside of the jar.
(d) The men working.

2. How does Horemheb make money on his men after he give them their rewards?
(a) He charges for food and beds.
(b) He convinces them to invest in his companies.
(c) He taxes the merchants where they will spend their booty.
(d) He has them followed and steals from them.

3. What does Sinuhe tell his mother and father he wants to be when he grows up?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A painter.
(c) A pharaoh.
(d) A doctor.

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

5. After Nefernefernefer gets Sinuhe's property, what does she want from him next?
(a) His father's property.
(b) His undying devotion.
(c) His slave.
(d) The bar he owns.

6. When Sinuhe opens a man's skull in Mitanni, what does he find?
(a) Blood.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Splinters in his brain.

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

8. What color are Nefernefernefer's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

9. How does Ptahor arrive at Sinuhe's house?
(a) He arrives in a chariot.
(b) On a chair borne by two slaves.
(c) He arrives by horse.
(d) He walks.

10. What kind of houses do the people of Babylon live in?
(a) Small adobe huts.
(b) Wooden structures.
(c) Townhouses, four or five stories high.
(d) Stone structures.

11. When Minea wakes on the boat after her escape from Babylon, why is she angry at Sinuhe?
(a) She thinks Sinuhe tricked her.
(b) She wants to go straight home.
(c) She didn't want to leave Babylon.
(d) She is filthy and smells of blood.

12. What trick does Sinuhe perform for the young king of Babylon?
(a) He opens a skull for the king to see.
(b) He changes water into wine.
(c) He changes water into blood.
(d) He shows him a human brain.

13. What animal do the people of Babylon have that Sinuhe has never seen before?
(a) A camel.
(b) A hen.
(c) A bull.
(d) A horse.

14. Why does the new pharaoh bother Horemheb?
(a) The pharaoh thinks deeply and talks of a new god.
(b) The pharaoh writes poetry that he wants Horemheb to memorize.
(c) The pharaoh wants to go to war.
(d) The pharaoh wants Horemheb to stay with him all the time.

15. What does Sinuhe transport Kaptah in to get him to the boat to escape Babylon?
(a) Rolled in a mat.
(b) In a large earthenware jar.
(c) Hidden in a barrel.
(d) He dresses him like a woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men and boys are in Sinuhe's class at the House of Life?

3. What is Sinuhe's favorite toy as a child?

4. When the prince is crowned, what does he decree?

5. How does Sinuhe get to the City of the Dead when he has no money?

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