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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. To what do the children attribute the changes to Egypt after they return from their hiatus?
(a) To the powers of Isis and the crocodile stone.
(b) To someone who has broken into Egypt.
(c) To a curse on the temple.
(d) To Set's evil powers and Nefertiti's beauty.

2. Who is concerned about the plan for Halloween night?
(a) Marshall.
(b) April.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Melanie.

3. What are the children unaware of during the Egypt Game?
(a) Storm clouds are forming.
(b) The Professor is watching them through the window.
(c) A guard dog is sometimes allowed to roam in the yard.
(d) The lean-to continues to sag.

4. What is the setting for the story?
(a) A suburb.
(b) A university town.
(c) A large city.
(d) A factory town.

5. What do the children do before leaving Egypt on the first day of the game?
(a) They leave a bouquet of flowers.
(b) They make a pact.
(c) They write their names on a rock.
(d) They move brush in front of the entrance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy who plays the Egypt Game carry?

2. What is an old mixing bowl used for in the Egypt Game?

3. What is April's first impression of the Professor?

4. Who are the first children that April meets?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first story April, Melanie and Marshall make up in the Egypt Game?

2. What does April tell Melanie her name is?

3. What do April, Melanie and Marshall find inside the lean-to at the outset of the Egypt game?

4. What extra supplies do the Egyptians add to the temple?

5. What do the Egyptians plan on doing Halloween night?

6. Who moves into Casa Rosada after school begins?

7. What arrangements does Caroline make when April first comes to town?

8. What does April explore when she first moves to town?

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

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

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