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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. What does Ranofer look for when he gets home?

2. What does Ranofer still have questions about?

3. What does Ranofer take with him when he leaves for work the next morning in Chapter 4?

4. What does Ranofer decide later in the week about Ibni?

5. Why does Ranofer believe he will be a great goldsmith some day?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, where does Ranofer report for work, what does he do at work, and how does it affect him?

2. What does Gebu usually do when he comes into the shop?

3. How does Ranofer find his new job and why do you think he works so hard at it?

4. About what do Ranofer and Heqet argue and how does the Ancient settle the argument?

5. What does Ranofer become aware of about a week after his new job? What does he think of it?

6. Where does Ranofer work and what would he rather be doing? How would you feel if you were Ranofer?

7. Where is Heqet going after lunch one day and what does he say to Ranofer?

8. What does Ranofer complain about to his two friends and what is the Ancient's response?

9. What does Ranofer do when Ibni approaches him at the end of the work day and what are the consequences for him at home?

10. How does Ranofer run into Heqet and what does Heqet suggest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ranofer is stuck in a situation where he is constantly afraid for his own well being and doing a job he finds desperately boring and exhausting. Heqet and the Ancient have become the only people that Ranofer can trust and rely on. It is a friendship that will hopefully help Ranofer survive Gebu's cruelty.

1. Discuss the emotional impact Gebu's abuse might have on Ranofer. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. What do you think Ranofer's friendship with Heqet and the Ancient might do to mitigate some of the emotional trauma Ranofer might be suffering from Gebu's abuse? Discuss the ways in which Heqet and the Ancient could help Ranofer.

3. Most children who are abused suffer many emotional, personality and physical symptoms. Citing examples from the book discuss these symptoms that are seen in Ranofer.

Essay Topic 2

Outside the apprentice's quarters, Ranofer runs into Heqet. Heqet is eating, reminding Ranofer he has little to eat in the past few days. Heqet offers Ranofer a fig and he takes it, despite the pride that makes him want to refuse. At Rekh's shop, Ranofer is embarrassed when Rekh makes a comment about the marks Gebu left on his shoulders during a beating.

1. Ranofer is reluctant to take food from Heqet even though he's hungry. Discuss, in this situation what might be meant by the cliche "false pride."

2. Ranofer is embarrassed about Rekh seeing and remarking on his shoulders. Why do you think he would feel that way since it is not his fault? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss what you think would happen to Ranofer and Gebu if they lived in the United States in the present day. Include in your discussion how you think the problem could be solved.

Essay Topic 3

Ranofer begins avoiding his friends because he feels he cannot tell them about the goblet. However, Heqet finds him and convinces him to return.

1. Discuss why do you think Ranofer avoids his friends just because he thinks he cannot tell them about the goblet?

2. Discuss why you think Ranofer feels he cannot tell his friends about the goblet.

3. Explain in detail what you could infer about Heqet's character that he would find Ranofer and pull him back into friendship.

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