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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 do before he leaves the room?
2. Why is Ranaofer filled with fear when he goes home?
3. Why do you think Ranofer is following Gebu?
4. What seems to be one of Gebu's favorite activities?
5. In what condition does Ranofer arrive at the stone-cutter shop in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What has Ranofer proven to the queen and how does that help him?
2. How does Ranofer know whose tomb he is in and how does he alert Gebu about his presence?
3. What are Heqet and the Ancient doing while Ranofer is trying to catch Gebu?
4. What does Ranofer decide to do because of the goblet and what is Heqet's response?
5. How much information are the friends gathering and why didn't Ranofer follow Gebu one night in Chapter 10?
6. What does Ranofer do when Gebu does not give him any supper and what does he find?
7. What kind of people does Ranofer now have in his life and why might a reader be happy about it?
8. What does Ranofer think about the whole day after his actions looking for food the night before and what does he finally decide to do?
9. What do you think of the ending and what moral might be inferred from it?
10. Who pulls Ranofer aside after he speaks with the queen? What does he ask and what does Ranofer tell him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ranofer wakes, convinced that noises he heard in the night were the sounds of his father's spirit come to guide him. Ranofer gathers the small breakfast Gebu has left for him and visits his father's tomb, leaving half the meal as a gift.
1. Do you think it is possible Ranofer's dead father's spirit visited him? Why or why not.
2. Discuss why the fact that people in Ranofer's culture believed in life after death encourage the type of thinking Ranofer is doing about his father's spirit?
3. Given that Ranofer is a growing boy and needs all of his food, discuss the pros and cons of Ranofer leaving his breakfast at his father's tombs. Include in your discussion your own opinion of his action.
Essay Topic 2
Ranofer is stuck in a situation where he is constantly afraid for his own well being and doing a job he finds desperately boring and exhausting. Heqet and the Ancient have become the only people that Ranofer can trust and rely on. It is a friendship that will hopefully help Ranofer survive Gebu's cruelty.
1. Discuss the emotional impact Gebu's abuse might have on Ranofer. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. What do you think Ranofer's friendship with Heqet and the Ancient might do to mitigate some of the emotional trauma Ranofer might be suffering from Gebu's abuse? Discuss the ways in which Heqet and the Ancient could help Ranofer.
3. Most children who are abused suffer many emotional, personality and physical symptoms. Citing examples from the book discuss these symptoms that are seen in Ranofer.
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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