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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 her friends do not like to read.
(b) That she does not have many friends that play imagining games.
(c) That she has imaginary friends.
(d) That she is afraid of spiders.

2. Where is the Professor's shop in relation to where April is staying?
(a) Around the corner.
(b) Across the street.
(c) Next door.
(d) Behind the alley.

3. What other interest do April and Melanie share?
(a) All things ancient.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Pioneer life.
(d) Boys.

4. What connects April and Melanie as friends?
(a) Their interest in ancient Egypt.
(b) They like the same foods.
(c) They like the same movie stars.
(d) They both like to play Monopoly.

5. What do Melanie and Elizabeth do that is counter to their initial decision regarding the new family?
(a) They invite Elizabeth to play the Egypt Game.
(b) They help others in addition to the new family.
(c) They do more than what is asked of them.
(d) They spend time with the new family.

6. What is April and Melanie's friendship based on?
(a) They both have a great imagination.
(b) They are both socially isolated.
(c) They both love poetry.
(d) They are both girl scouts.

7. Whom does April and Melanie think Elizabeth looks like?
(a) Queen Nefertiti.
(b) Actress Sophia Lauren.
(c) Isis.
(d) April's mother.

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

9. Where do April and Melanie place what they find on the way to school?
(a) At the entrance to the temple.
(b) In front of the Nefertiti bust.
(c) At the feet of Set.
(d) On a shelf.

10. Who is concerned about the plan for Halloween night?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) April.
(d) Melanie.

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

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

13. What do the children call the lean-to?
(a) A tomb.
(b) A temple.
(c) A hut.
(d) A pyramid.

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

15. What is April's first impression of the Professor?
(a) She is fearful of him.
(b) She thinks he is funny.
(c) She thinks he is friendly.
(d) She feels sorry for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does April find in Melanie's room during their first encounter?

2. What is the setting for the story?

3. When does the Egypt Game begin?

4. What is an old mixing bowl used for in the Egypt Game?

5. Whom does April come to live with?

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