Excerpt from School Days in Egypt

29-What do paragraphs 5 through 7 show about the author's purpose for writing the article?

• The author wants to convince readers that school was the only way to advance in Ancient Egypt.

• The author wants to describe to readers what school was like for students in Ancient Egypt

• The author wants to explain to readers why students had to write on limestone in Ancient Egypt.

• The author wants to entertain readers with interesting stories about life in Ancient Egypt

30-How does the author develop ideas in paragraph 6?

• by explaining why Ancient Egyptian brushes had to be made out of reed plants

• by describing the process of making Ancient Egyptian ink from beginning to end

• by presenting the problem that Ancient Egyptian ink came only in red and black and offering a solution

• by comparing and contrasting Ancient Egyptian writing tools to art tools that are familiar to modern readers.

31-What does the information in paragraph 8 illustrate about becoming a scribe?

• It can lead to a successful future

• it gives the opportunity to write on papyrus paper.

• It requires memorization of hundreds of signs.

• It means leaving home at a young age to attend school.

32- Which quotation best expresses a central idea of the article?

• Scribes were very important people in Ancient Egypt be cause they were almost the only ones who could read and write

• ALthough records tell us that there were a few female scribes, most were men

• Scribal students used writing tools somewhat like the parts of a water color set you might have

• They wrote letters home and sent bills for work they'd done.

33- Which quotation from the article is best supported by the photograph?

• This was a kind of shorthand script used for everyday writing.

• STudents memorized the hieroglyphic signs and practiced writing them on pieces of stone, pottery or wood

• They wrote poetry and stories and put down words of wisdom and advice for their children

• Parents were happy to pay the high price to send a child to scribal school.

34-In the father's letter, the phrase Mingling with the crocodiles suggests

• the low pay of some types of work

• the foolishness of avoiding work

• the presence of danger in other jobs

• the need to try hard in any job

35- WHich sentence would be most important to include in a summary of the article?

• Egyptians used hieratic for everyday writing

• Students made ink from red and black disks

• Scribes wrote important things on papyrus

• Children studies for years to become scribes.