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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 does April think the Egyptians should do after their long absence from Egypt?

2. Why does Melanie visit April the night before school begins?

3. What does Melanie bring to April's house the night before school begins?

4. What part of Casa Rosada does the new family inhabit?

5. Whom does April come to live with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Melanie's concern about April before school begins?

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

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

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

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

9. How did the crocodile stone come to be?

10. Why are the children afraid of the Professor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the theme of violence have and how does this theme contribute to the meaning of the novel? Use specific examples from the book.

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

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.

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