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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 have to do with his pay?

2. Why does Ranofer feel hurt when Heqet questions him?

3. Where does Gebu usually go when he comes in the shop?

4. What does Ranofer take with him when he leaves for work the next morning in Chapter 4?

5. What does Ranofer remind Zau of when he sees him one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ranofer find his new job and why do you think he works so hard at it?

2. Why does Ibni talk to Ranofer? What is Ranofer's response?

3. What does Ranofer complain about to his two friends and what is the Ancient's response?

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

5. How does Ranofer return home after work and why? Where does he go on the way?

6. About eight days after Ranofer talked to Heqet what does he see on the way home?

7. Who does Ranofer offer advice to and why? Who overhears him?

8. Where does Ranofer work and what would he rather be doing? How would you feel if you were Ranofer?

9. Where is Heqet going after lunch one day and what does he say to Ranofer?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gebu forces Ranofer to quit Rekh's shop and go to work in his stone-cutter shop as an apprentice. Ranofer reports to the stone-cutter shop where he begins by putting cutting sand in holes another worker is drilling. The work is boring and uses muscles that Ranofer has never had to use before. By the end of the day, Ranofer is very tired, but too sore to sleep.

1. Why do you think Gebu decided to make Ranofer work in his shop? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Why do you think the job seems boring to Ranofer? Would that job be boring to anyone? What could Ranofer do, in your opinion, to make the job less boring?

3. Discuss why Ranofer, even being young and in shape might be sore from doing a different type of job. Include in your discussion whether you believe Ranofer's state of mind could aggravate the way that his body feels.

Essay Topic 2

Ranofer begins avoiding his friends because he feels he cannot tell them about the goblet. However, Heqet finds him and convinces him to return.

1. Discuss why do you think Ranofer avoids his friends just because he thinks he cannot tell them about the goblet?

2. Discuss why you think Ranofer feels he cannot tell his friends about the goblet.

3. Explain in detail what you could infer about Heqet's character that he would find Ranofer and pull him back into friendship.

Essay Topic 3

Ranofer goes to Zau and reminds him of a time when Zau told Ranofer's father that he would like to make him a student someday. Zau admits that he remembers and tells Ranofer that he will take him on as a student and will not ask for his regular fee as long as Ranofer keeps that information from his other students. Ranofer tells Zau that he cannot quit his apprenticeship with Gebu. Zau informs Ranofer that he has his priorities messed up and he should come back when he gets his life in order.

1. Discuss the character traits that Ranofer exhibits by talking to Zau. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Zau told Ranofer he had his priorities messed up? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Do you think Zau was being fair to Ranofer? Why or why not?

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