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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 108-145.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Taita explains Pharaoh's horoscope to Lostris, why does it give her hope?
(a) She and Tanus will die and go to paradise together.
(b) Tanus will rescue her in five years.
(c) Pharaoh will be dead within the year.
(d) Pharaoh will be dead in five years.

2. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?
(a) They are allowed to eat hippopotamus only then, during the feast of Osiris.
(b) They want to welcome Lostris back home.
(c) They cannot begin the feast of Osiris until Lostris returns.
(d) They are concerned for the safety of the sailors.

3. Who is bitterly saddened by what Taita displays over the harem wall?
(a) Lord Intef.
(b) Tanus.
(c) Taita himself.
(d) Lostris.

4. What kind of horoscope does Pharaoh demand of Taita on his wedding night?
(a) Interpreting the scrolls of his birth.
(b) Working the Mazes.
(c) Casting lots.
(d) Reading the stars.

5. Who is Kratas?
(a) Tanus's chief lieutenant and Taita's close friend.
(b) The leader of the band of slave traders.
(c) The high priest of the goddess Hapi.
(d) A common soldier and Taita's close friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change to the festival pageant does Taita protest?

2. In the early-morning sunlight, how does Pharaoh appear?

3. Why is Taita called the Elder Brother in the slave quarters?

4. How are Taita's animals killed?

5. Why did Lord Intef engineer the downfall of Lord Harrab, Tanus's father?

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