View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 405-444.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Queen Lostris give to Lord Aqer?
(a) To guide the ships through the fourth cataract.
(b) To infiltrate King Salitis' inner circle of advisors and send back information.
(c) To hunt enough meat for the next six months.
(d) To open the road north to Thebes.

2. How are the Shrike barons and Rasfer executed?
(a) Starved to death in their prison cells.
(b) Nailed upside-down to the city gates.
(c) Thrown to the crocodiles.
(d) Shot by a crew of archers.

3. What crude surgery does Taita perform to save the horses stricken with the gnu illness?
(a) Cuts a slit in their sides so the pus does not reach their lungs.
(b) Slits their nostrils so they can breathe.
(c) Cuts out their tongues so they do not swallow them and choke.
(d) Cuts a hole in their windpipes and inserts a straw.

4. Why does Taita implicitly trust Aton, the royal chamberlain?
(a) Aton has a good reputation in the palace.
(b) Pharaoh has spoken well of him.
(c) Aton is also a eunuch.
(d) Aton also mourns at Lostris's marriage to Pharaoh.

5. What happens when the elephants are first injured?
(a) They soon lose their will to live.
(b) They lose a lot of blood and become weak.
(c) They huddle together to protect each other.
(d) They become furious and destructive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Taita map out the Nile as the ships travel on it?

2. How are Taita's animals killed?

3. How does Pharaoh react to the accusations of Lord Intef's guilt?

4. How is Tanus injured in the first elephant hunt?

5. While Lostris is pregnant, what is the one thing she asks for that she does not get?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 390 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample