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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gains and Losses.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do April and Melanie eventually devise to record their rites and ceremonies?
(a) They create an invisible ink.
(b) They create a form of hieroglyphics.
(c) They take photos.
(d) They create a secret code.

2. What does Toby confide to April and Melanie?
(a) He has been writing the answers to the questions posed to the Oracle.
(b) He does not want to stop playing the Egypt Game because it is a refuge from his homelife.
(c) He goes to Egypt to perform ceremonies alone.
(d) He has been writing in the scrolls.

3. What becomes April and Melanie's shared passion?
(a) Movie Stars.
(b) King Arthur's Court.
(c) Creating artwork.
(d) Ancient Egypt.

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

5. What does the lean-to rest on?
(a) A palette.
(b) A grassy patch.
(c) An old trunk.
(d) A concrete slab.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is not worried whether Security will be found?

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

5. What is Toby's reaction to being in Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?

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