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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ranofer dream about?
(a) Getting away from his brother.
(b) Finding enough gold to pay Zau.
(c) Marrying a rich girl.
(d) Sailing to another country.

2. What kinds of plans are kept in the scroll room?
(a) Plans for statues.
(b) Plans for houses.
(c) City street plans.
(d) Plans for tombs.

3. What job does Ranofer have in Rekh?
(a) A bag boy.
(b) A porter.
(c) Cleaning camels.
(d) Burning trash.

4. Where does Ranofer go on his way to work in Chapter 4?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the market.
(c) To his father's grave.
(d) To his brother's shop.

5. What does Gebu tell Ranofer?
(a) He no longer lives there.
(b) He is not his brother.
(c) He will no longer work at Rekh's shop.
(d) He has been sold to a slave driver.

6. Why are the two men Ranofer sees being hung being punished?
(a) Killing a man.
(b) Stealing from tombs.
(c) Talking against the pharaoh.
(d) Raping a woman.

7. What does Ranofer tell Heqet about as they work?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His father's shop.
(c) Ibni and Gebu.
(d) His mother's death.

8. Why do you think the scene with the hanging men might have been put into Chapter 3?
(a) To put some action into the story.
(b) As foreshadowing.
(c) So there will be at least one death in the book.
(d) To show what happens to thieves.

9. Who does Ranofer see outside the apprentice quarters?
(a) Heqet.
(b) Styke.
(c) Rekh.
(d) Ibni.

10. What does Ranofer realize when he sees someone eating by the apprentice's quarters?
(a) His brother gives him little food.
(b) He was supposed to shop for food yesterday.
(c) He forgot to eat breakfast.
(d) He has had little to eat lately.

11. Why does Ranofer feel hurt when Heqet questions him?
(a) Not being able to answer the truth because he doesn't know it.
(b) Being looked down upon.
(c) His brother's behavior towards him.
(d) His inability to be an apprentice.

12. How does Zau respond to Ranofer's reminder?
(a) He can't remember Ranofer.
(b) He says he will think about what to do.
(c) He says he will take him as a student.
(d) He denies it.

13. How closely does Gebu inspect the work in the stone shop?
(a) He checks every piece.
(b) He inspects only the big pieces carefully.
(c) He glances at each work being done.
(d) He pays little attention to it.

14. What does the old man encourage Ranofer to do?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Go home to be safe.
(c) Strike out on his own.
(d) Come and work for him.

15. Where does Ranofer go on the way home?
(a) To the market.
(b) To his sister's house.
(c) To the river.
(d) To the stables.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ranofer decide he can get away from Gebu?

2. What does Heqet tell Rekh about in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Gebu usually go when he comes in the shop?

4. What does Ranofer find when he comes to work the day after the hanging?

5. What does Heqet suggest to Ranofer when they see each other one day?

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