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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Melanie reveal about herself during April's first visit?
(a) That she does not have many friends that play imagining games.
(b) That she has imaginary friends.
(c) That her friends do not like to read.
(d) That she is afraid of spiders.

2. What assures the children that the Professor is not watching them?
(a) The back window is caked with dirt.
(b) They see customers coming in and out of his shop.
(c) The lean-to blocks the view from the Professor's shop.
(d) The bushes are overgrown in the yard.

3. Whom do April and Melanie run into while trick-or-treating?
(a) Ken and Toby.
(b) Keith and Tommy.
(c) Karl and Timmy.
(d) Kevin and Tyler.

4. What is NOT found in the structure where the children play the Egypt Game?
(a) A statue of Diana.
(b) A bust of Nefertiti.
(c) A chest.
(d) A bird bath.

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

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

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

8. What does April find in Melanie's room during their first encounter?
(a) Make up.
(b) Dolls.
(c) Dress up clothes.
(d) Books.

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

10. From where does the Professor watch the children play the Egypt Game?
(a) From his office.
(b) From the roof.
(c) From the break room.
(d) From a storeroom.

11. What is the situation with the male head of household in the new family in Casa Rosada?
(a) He recently died.
(b) He is unemployed.
(c) He travels a lot.
(d) He is in jail.

12. What is the Professor's response to what April tells him on her first visit to his shop?
(a) He is abraisive.
(b) He is helpful.
(c) He is sympathetic.
(d) He is mainly silent.

13. What do the Egyptians decide to do while they are on hiatus from the Egypt Game?
(a) They make statues for their temple.
(b) They draw pictures of Egypt.
(c) They make Egyptian costumes.
(d) They read books about Egypt.

14. What does April tell Melanie her name is when she meets her?
(a) April the Great.
(b) April Dawn.
(c) Princess April.
(d) April Seshat.

15. How is April dressed when she meets Melanie?
(a) She is wearing an Egyptian robe and headress.
(b) She is in a fortune-teller's outfit.
(c) Her hair is in a ponytail, and she wears a t-shirt and tennis shoes.
(d) She wears her hair up, has false eyelashes and a fur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Professor's shop in relation to where April is staying?

2. What does April do while the others are waiting outside of Egypt on their night-time visit?

3. What becomes April and Melanie's shared passion?

4. What is another issue for April and Melanie about the new family in Casa Rosada?

5. Where do the children play the Egypt Game?

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