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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often do April and Melanie see each other before school begins?
(a) Once.
(b) Several times.
(c) Almost everyday.
(d) A few times a week.

2. What is Marshall's name in the Egypt Game?
(a) Pharaoh Marshotep.
(b) Pharoah Kontar.
(c) Pharaoh Marshamosis.
(d) Pharoah Najjah.

3. Whom does April come to live with?
(a) Her aunt
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) A foster parent.

4. What does the Professor do while April is in his shop?
(a) He talks on the telephone.
(b) He arranges a case.
(c) He watches her.
(d) He helps another customer.

5. How do the Egyptians know when to act on their plan?
(a) They will listen for the clock in the town square to strike seven.
(b) They look for a sign.
(c) They will wait until it is time to go home.
(d) They will give each other a look.

6. What is the story of the first Egypt Game?
(a) They plan on mummifying a dead body.
(b) They plan to wage war on the Phoenicians.
(c) They plan to dethrone the evil Pharaoh .
(d) They plan to capture the bloody heart of the Pharaoh.

7. What structure is in the area where the children play the Egypt Game?
(a) A lean-to.
(b) A gazebo.
(c) A car port.
(d) A shed.

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

9. What do the children do in preparation to play the Egypt Game?
(a) They make up alibis to tell their parents.
(b) They clean up the area.
(c) They assign roles.
(d) They do research about ancient Egypt.

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

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

12. What is one of the first things April does after she arrives in the new neighborhood?
(a) She writes letters home.
(b) She explores the neighborhood.
(c) She observes everything from her window.
(d) She looks at maps of the area.

13. Why are the children afraid of the Professor?
(a) Because of the customers that frequent his store.
(b) Because of his large size.
(c) Because he yells at them and posts signs.
(d) Because of his silence and his appearance.

14. Where does Caroline live?
(a) In The Dorchester.
(b) In Lindell Towers
(c) In Casa Rosada.
(d) In Cielito Bonito.

15. Who is questioned regarding the incident in the neighborhood?
(a) Mrs. Ross.
(b) The children.
(c) Caroline.
(d) The Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lean-to rest on?

2. Who is the evil god in the Egypt Game?

3. What is a sign that April is adjusting at Wilson School?

4. What does April interpret as the sign to break off from the trick-or-treating group?

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

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