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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ranofer find when he goes home the day after the hangings?

2. What does Ranofer decide to do?

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

4. What does Gebu have Wenamon do to Ibni?

5. What does Ranofer find when he comes to work the day after the hanging?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Heqet and Ranofer do when the Ancient joins them for lunch?

2. What does Gebu ask Ranofer and how does he respond? What does Gebu tell Ranofer?

3. What does Rekh ask Ranofer to show him and then what does he tell him to do? How does Ranofer feel about this?

4. What does Ranofer believe made noises in the night? How does he respond to his belief?

5. What kind of situation is Ranofer in at home and who are the only people he can trust? What might those friendships do for him?

6. What does Ranofer say to Zau and what is his response?

7. Who does Ranofer see on the way to work and what happens when they talk?

8. What does Ranofer do when Ibni approaches him at the end of the work day and what are the consequences for him at home?

9. How does Ranofer feel about his thoughts on Ibni and Gebu by the end of the day? What does he want to do and why does he not want to do it?

10. What does Gebu tell Ranofer when he comes home from work the day Ibni is not there? What is Ranofer's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While Ranofer is trying to catch Gebu and Wenamon in the process of stealing, Heqet and the Ancient come in search of Ranofer. Ranofer finally has people in his life who care about him enough to follow him to the Valley of Tombs.

1. Ranofer, a young boy, has followed his brother into the tomb even though he is scared. Discuss his character in view of this action. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Heqet and the Ancient search for Ranofer even though he is not their responsibility. Discuss what values in friendship their action demonstrate. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Discuss why it is vital that an abused child like Ranofer have people in his life that care about him and that he can trust. How might those people help mitigate the consequences emotionally and mentally of his brother's abuse?

Essay Topic 2

When Ranofer finds a golden goblet with the name of a king buried more than a hundred years ago, this only seem to prove that something is not right about this situation and that Gebu might in fact be robbing tombs.

1. Discuss in detail what you think about a society given the fact that a golden goblet is buried in a tomb yet a boy like Ranofer is starving? What can be inferred about the society from the above fact?

2. Explain, with examples from the book and your life, why the goblet indicates to Ranofer there is something wrong going on with his brother.

3. Name three items you would like to have buried with you and explain why you chose those items. How do they compare with the type of items that were buried in ancient Egyptian tombs?

Essay Topic 3

Outside the apprentice's quarters, Ranofer runs into Heqet. Heqet is eating, reminding Ranofer he has little to eat in the past few days. Heqet offers Ranofer a fig and he takes it, despite the pride that makes him want to refuse. At Rekh's shop, Ranofer is embarrassed when Rekh makes a comment about the marks Gebu left on his shoulders during a beating.

1. Ranofer is reluctant to take food from Heqet even though he's hungry. Discuss, in this situation what might be meant by the cliche "false pride."

2. Ranofer is embarrassed about Rekh seeing and remarking on his shoulders. Why do you think he would feel that way since it is not his fault? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you think would happen to Ranofer and Gebu if they lived in the United States in the present day. Include in your discussion how you think the problem could be solved.

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