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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Melanie visit April the night before school begins?
(a) To steal her false eyelashes.
(b) To give April pointers.
(c) To calm April down.
(d) To help April pick out clothes.

2. What does Melanie like to do with pictures she cuts out?
(a) She draws blemishes on them.
(b) She throws darts at them.
(c) She makes collages out of them.
(d) She puts them into stories.

3. What does Melanie bring to April's house the night before school begins?
(a) Art supplies.
(b) Books.
(c) Make-up.
(d) Brownies.

4. What is another issue for April and Melanie about the new family in Casa Rosada?
(a) They are not being compensated for their assistance.
(b) Elizabeth is too young to be their friend.
(c) There are too many children in the new family.
(d) They do not think they can be of much assistance.

5. What event happens in the neighborhood that places a temporary halt to the Egypt Game?
(a) There are some burglaries in the neighborhood.
(b) There are reports of a child molester in the neighborhood.
(c) A girl from the neighborhood is found dead.
(d) Property is defaced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Egyptians decide to do while they are on hiatus from the Egypt Game?

2. What do the children call the lean-to?

3. What are April and Melanie's roles in the first Egypt Game?

4. What is the four Egyptians' opinion about visiting Egypt at night?

5. What does Melanie do to April before school begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads the children to believe the Professor is not watching them play the Egypt Game?

2. Who is the Professor?

3. What do the children see after they perform their ceremony after their long absence?

4. What do the Egyptians do while they are on a hiatus from the Egypt Game as a result of a neighborhood event?

5. How did the crocodile stone come to be?

6. What event happens in the neighborhood that puts a temporary halt to the Egypt Game?

7. What does Melanie find that begins the Egypt Game?

8. How does April dress for her first meeting with Melanie?

9. What happens when April first meets the Professor?

10. What does Melanie do to April before school begins?

(see the answer keys)

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