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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 is NOT found in the structure where the children play the Egypt Game?

2. What is the location for playing the Egypt Game?

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

4. What do the children do before leaving Egypt on the first day of the game?

5. What do Melanie and Elizabeth do that is counter to their initial decision regarding the new family?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Whom do April and Melanie think Elizabeth looks like?

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

5. What do April and Melanie think about the parents' suggestion about the new family?

6. What happens when April first meets the Professor?

7. How does April fare at Wilson School?

8. From where does the Professor watch the children play the Egypt Game?

9. What brings April and Melanie together as friends?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can children from such different backgrounds become such good friends? What do the Egyptians learn from each other? How do their relationships change the way they see themselves? Use examples from the book in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of abandonment through the situations and experiences of each of the following:

a. April

b. The Professor

c. Toby

Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how irony is used by the author. How effective is the use of irony in The Egypt Game? Use examples from the book.

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