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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 an activity in Egypt?

2. What happens while April is playing with Melanie?

3. What does Melanie find in the location where the Egypt Game will be played?

4. What month does the Professor witness the beginning of the Egypt Game?

5. How do the Egyptians begin recording their rites and ceremonies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do April and Melanie spend their days together before school begins?

2. What do the children do in preparation to play the Egypt Game?

3. What is Melanie's initial impression of April?

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

5. How does April fare at Wilson School?

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

7. What is the sign to break away from the trick-or-treating group in order to sneak off to Egypt at night?

8. What do the Egyptians decide they should do in order to appease the gods after their long absence?

9. What do the parents suggest to April and Melanie after the new family moves in?

10. What do April and Melanie make to accompany the bust of Nefertiti?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the Egypt Game so appealing to the children in the story? Would the Egypt Game be of interest to most children? Why? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

If April's father were still alive, how might the following people be different?

- April

- Dorothea

- Caroline

Use specific answer from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In The Egypt Game, how is prejudice shown against those who are different? How are these situations eventually resolved? Use specific examples from the book.

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