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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. Who does Nut tell the group to go visit?

2. What is Bast the goddess of?

3. Who has to open the gateway to the Duat?

4. What is on the alter in the secret chamber that Zia sneaks off to in Paris?

5. Where does Sadie meet with Carter on the first morning in the First Nome?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sadie sometimes hear a voice inside her?

2. What trick does Bast show Carter on how to get through airport security?

3. What does the narrator ask of the reader at the beginning of the book?

4. Why is Sadie's vision of Osiris's imprisonment interrupted?

5. What is Bast's version of Ruby's death?

6. What happens when Carter opens the Book of Thoth?

7. How does Bast say they must defeat Set?

8. What is Philip of Macedonia?

9. What happens at the mansion after Bast appears?

10. Why has Carter seen so much of the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write about their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book, presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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