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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who joins Ranofer and Heqet while they are arguing?
(a) Yethi.
(b) Pai.
(c) The old man with the donkey.
(d) Kethe.

3. Why is Ranofer embarrassed by Rekh?
(a) He is reminded he is just a porter.
(b) Rekh tripped him.
(c) His remark about his shoulder.
(d) He dropped some gold scraps.

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

5. What does Heqet tell Rekh about in Chapter 5?
(a) Gebu beating Ranofer.
(b) Ibni stealing.
(c) Ranofer being so honest.
(d) Ranofer being so knowledgeable.

6. What does Ranofer not have when he returns home the night after he has seen Zau?
(a) His pay.
(b) Gebu's wine.
(c) His dinner.
(d) His slip from Pai showing he worked.

7. What does Gebu tell Ranofer?
(a) He has been sold to a slave driver.
(b) He is not his brother.
(c) He no longer lives there.
(d) He will no longer work at Rekh's shop.

8. What does Ranofer take with him when he leaves for work the next morning in Chapter 4?
(a) A drawing he made for jewelry.
(b) His walking stick.
(c) His small breakfast.
(d) All his spare clothes.

9. What is Ranofer often tempted to do when working?
(a) Run away.
(b) Daydream.
(c) Sing.
(d) Go to sleep.

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

11. What is Ranofer offered outside the apprentice quarters?
(a) A piece of bread.
(b) Some new shoes.
(c) A new shirt.
(d) A fig.

12. What does Ranofer remind Zau of when he sees him one day?
(a) His wife likes Ranofer.
(b) He promised Ranofer he could be his student.
(c) He was a friend of his father's.
(d) He has known him all his life.

13. Why does Ranofer believe he will be a great goldsmith some day?
(a) Rekh thinks he has good hands for the job.
(b) His brother is a good one.
(c) Zau said he had the talent.
(d) HIs father was one.

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

15. What does Rekh ask Ranofer?
(a) How he would pour gold.
(b) How he would make ornamental leaves.
(c) How he would make a box.
(d) How to make charcoal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ranofer realize when he sees someone eating by the apprentice's quarters?

2. Who does Gebu bring to the shop with him sometimes?

3. What does the foreman do if Ranofer looks idle?

4. How do the days in the stone-cutting shop pass for Ranofer?

5. What does Gebu do to Ranofer when he comes home late after talking with Zau?

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