1.What other way could Chloe have handled her situation when she wakes up as a mermaid goddess?

2. RaEm has learned a lot from television in the 20th century. What are some positive things she could have learned and used?

3. At the end, Chloe and Cheftu have almost decided to stay in David's Jerusalem. What are the pros and cons they might have used in their decision-making process? What do you think they are looking for?

4. What effect do you think the Ten Commandments has had on western civilization? While much of our culture's thought processes come from the Greeks, what parts of government, organized religion and societal norms do we attribute to the influence of the Ten Commandments?

5. For the first time, Chloe and Cheftu don't doubt each other and they find one another fairly easily-how does their relationship change in the course of the story, and (if you read the two preceding books, Reflections in the Nile and Shadows on the Agean) how has it changed in the course of the series?