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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Thebes Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in the pharaoh's bedroom when Ptahor and Sinuhe arrive to open the skull?
(a) The royal consort Taia only.
(b) The royal consort Taia, Amenhotep, and Baketamon.
(c) The priest Eie.
(d) Amenhotel, the heir only.

2. What is significant about the slave that Sinuhe buys?
(a) He speaks Greek.
(b) He has one eye.
(c) He knows Sinuhe's father.
(d) He is quite bright.

3. What does Phator do to cure the young slave with the splinter in his brain?
(a) He opens his skull, takes out the splinter and puts a silver plate over it.
(b) He gives him powerful medicines for the pain.
(c) He is not able to help the slave.
(d) He runs a velvet cloth over his head.

4. Who played with Amenhotep like a sister when they were children?
(a) Baketamon.
(b) Sinuhe.
(c) Nefertiti
(d) Thothmes.

5. Who comes upon Amenhotep and Sinuhe in the desert?
(a) Sinuhe's father.
(b) Horemheb.
(c) The pharaoh.
(d) Nefernefernefer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thothmes' father want Thothmes to do as an adult?

2. What happens in the city of Thebes when the pharaoh dies?

3. What god does the young heir call upon to bless his father at the opening of his skull?

4. When Sinuhe turns seven to what event does his mother take him?

5. What is Sinuhe's favorite toy as a child?

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