View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Ranofer goes home in Chapter 3?
(a) He is sent to the river.
(b) He is given no dinner.
(c) He is tied up.
(d) He is beaten.

2. What is the name of the apprentice foreman?
(a) Wenan.
(b) Pai.
(c) Jabet.
(d) Nalit.

3. Why is Ranofer not able to be an apprentice?
(a) He is too young.
(b) His brother will not pay the fees.
(c) He is of the wrong class.
(d) He is too old.

4. What does Ranofer realize Gebu is doing at night?
(a) Staying up writing.
(b) Sneaking out of the house.
(c) Bringing a woman home.
(d) Not coming home at all.

5. Where does Gebu usually go when he comes in the shop?
(a) To watch Ranofer work.
(b) To the cutting table.
(c) To the eating room.
(d) To the scroll room.

6. What does Ranofer think he has a plan to do?
(a) End his brother's stealing.
(b) Killing his brother.
(c) Selling his brother into slavery.
(d) Becoming an apprentice.

7. What does Ranofer look for when he gets home?
(a) Some toys he had.
(b) Something to eat.
(c) Wine.
(d) Gold coins.

8. Where does Heqet want Ranofer to go with him after work one day?
(a) To Rekh's shop.
(b) To Heqet's home.
(c) To Zau's shop.
(d) To the jewelry market.

9. What does Ranofer decide to do about Gebu?
(a) Take him to the temple.
(b) Confront him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Have him arrested.

10. How does Ranofer feel towards the end of the conversation with Heqet?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Hopeful.
(d) Like he has a friend.

11. Who comes upon Ranofer and stops him from seeing much of the hanging?
(a) The old man with the donkey.
(b) Heqet.
(c) Ibni.
(d) Gebu.

12. What does Gebu give Ranofer for dinner?
(a) Half a loaf of bread.
(b) Fish and bread.
(c) Stew.
(d) Eggs and rabbit.

13. What kind of work does the Ancient tell Ranofer he does?
(a) Menial jobs.
(b) He is a scribe.
(c) He does not work.
(d) He is a potter.

14. What does Ranofer still have questions about?
(a) His mother's illness.
(b) His sister's boyfriend.
(c) His father's death.
(d) Who is father is.

15. What do the boys do with the person who joined them for lunch?
(a) Share their food.
(b) Listen to his stories.
(c) Teach him to read.
(d) Share their stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ranofer see outside the apprentice quarters?

2. What does Heqet suggest to Ranofer when they see each other one day?

3. How long do the three friends continue to meet for lunch?

4. Why do you think the scene with the hanging men might have been put into Chapter 3?

5. Why does Ranofer and Heqet argue at lunch one day?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 508 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample