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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. How was Sekhmet stopped by village people?

2. Why is the pyramid in the desert?

3. How does Set plan to envelop the whole world?

4. How far from the pyramid does the eye of the storm start?

5. What is the sarcophagus in the pyramid made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sadie say to her father during her vision in the pyramid?

2. What does Zia say to Carter in her telepathic message?

3. What is Shemzu?

4. How does Carter get out of the pyramid?

5. Why can't Amos trust himself?

6. Why wasn't Nephthys able to talk to Sadie at the river?

7. What does Sadie have to do to get the Feather of Truth?

8. What does Carter see on Elvis's tombstone?

9. Why does Julius say his children have the greatest chance of relearning the old ways?

10. What does Thoth need to know for sure before he will help the Kanes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to Julius at the end of the book, and why?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Simmons have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

The members of the House of Life presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around them?

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