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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zau tell Ranofer?
(a) He will talk to Rekh.
(b) He will talk to Gebu.
(c) He will wait for Ranofer.
(d) He has his priorities messed up.

2. Why does Ranofer stop on the way to work?
(a) To draw some hieroglyphics.
(b) To talk to a friend.
(c) To buy an apple.
(d) To play with a dog.

3. Why does Ranofer go home slowly after work?
(a) To play with other boys.
(b) To avoid work at home.
(c) To sample the food in the market.
(d) To spend less time with Geru.

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

5. Where does Ranofer and Heqet go for lunch?
(a) In the apprentice quarters of Rekh.
(b) Near the river.
(c) In the back of a jewelry shop.
(d) At his brother's house.

6. What does Ranofer want to do?
(a) Become a merchant.
(b) Leave home.
(c) Get in on the scheme.
(d) Tell Rekkh what is going on.

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

8. Who does Ranofer see outside the apprentice quarters?
(a) Rekh.
(b) Heqet.
(c) Styke.
(d) Ibni.

9. How long do the three friends continue to meet for lunch?
(a) The rest of their lives.
(b) During the summer and fall.
(c) Through the end of winter and the spring.
(d) For a couple of weeks.

10. What do Heqet and Ranofer talk about in relation to Gebu?
(a) If Ibni is workiing with him again.
(b) How they can get rid of him.
(c) Whether he's really Ranofer's brother.
(d) Who he is stealing from now.

11. How closely does Gebu inspect the work in the stone shop?
(a) He pays little attention to it.
(b) He checks every piece.
(c) He glances at each work being done.
(d) He inspects only the big pieces carefully.

12. Who overhears Ranofer talking to the apprentice?
(a) Heqet.
(b) Rekh.
(c) Ibni.
(d) Gebu.

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

14. 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.

15. How does Ranofer feel physically after working the first day at his brother's shop?
(a) He feels stronger than usual.
(b) He hurt his foot.
(c) Too tired to sleep.
(d) He feels fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ranofer have to do with his pay?

2. What does Ranofer do about Gebu's announcement?

3. With what does Ranofer help Heqet?

4. Under whom does Ranofer wish to become a student?

5. What does Ranofer think the noise he hears in the night must be?

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