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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does April receive from her mother around Christmas time?
(a) A letter explaining that April will never be able to live with her again.
(b) A post card telling April she is having a wonderful vacation in Mexico.
(c) A letter inviting April to return to live with her.
(d) A card inviting April to spend part of her vacation with her in Palm Springs.

2. What do Ken and Toby tell their basketball friends about why they have been absent from the game?
(a) They have to help a neighbor after school.
(b) They have been grounded since Halloween.
(c) They are working on an extra credit project for school.
(d) They have an after-school job.

3. What happens that allows Melanie and April to return to Egypt?
(a) A suspect is found.
(b) Caroline agrees to be a chaperone.
(c) The neighborhood begins to relax.
(d) The children promise never to go outside alone.

4. Why does everyone think something strange is going on in Egypt?
(a) A few of the Egyptians mention seeing a shadow lurking on the outskirts of Egypt.
(b) Someone also answered April's question.
(c) Everything has been rearranged.
(d) It appears that someone has been performing ceremonies while the Egyptians are not there.

5. Whom does April think is responsible for the answer, when she takes the paper from Thoth's beak?
(a) One of their classmates.
(b) A stranger.
(c) One of the other Egyptians.
(d) The Professor.

6. What is Elizabeth's solution regarding what to do with the intruders?
(a) She suggests they tell the intruders about the Egypt Game.
(b) She thinks they should be punished.
(c) She asks them to join the Egypt Game.
(d) She suggests they create a new game with the intruders.

7. What is April's reaction to the intruders on Halloween night?
(a) She cries.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is speechless.

8. Who is selected to be the Oracle?
(a) Isis.
(b) Thoth.
(c) Set.
(d) Nefertiti.

9. What happens to the remains of Petey's body?
(a) It is cremated.
(b) It is placed on a homemade raft and set afloat in a creek.
(c) It is buried in a shoebox.
(d) It is mummified.

10. Who is the second Egyptian to pose a question to Thoth?
(a) Melanie.
(b) April.
(c) Toby.
(d) Elizabeth.

11. What does April hear while they are leaving Egypt at night?
(a) The sound of glass breaking and a voice calling for help.
(b) A loud crash.
(c) Someone screaming.
(d) The sound of an alley cat yowling.

12. How does the Oracle of Thoth work?
(a) There is a festival.
(b) The Egyptians use Oracle bones to make soup.
(c) The priest or priestess pretends to fall into a trance and answer questions.
(d) Someone leaves a question to be answered in Thoth's beak.

13. What does April do when she visits the Professor at his store during Christmas break?
(a) She reprimands him.
(b) She thanks him.
(c) She asks him to forgive her for saying negative things about him.
(d) She buys a teacup.

14. Why do the Egyptians have to leave Egypt immediately after the second Ceremony of Presenting the Question to the Oracle?
(a) They see a shadow lurking in the distance.
(b) They hear a strange noise.
(c) They hear Mrs. Ross calling.
(d) There is a thunderstorm.

15. Who works at the Professor's store around the time of Christmas break?
(a) Mrs. Chung.
(b) Mrs. Ross.
(c) Mr. Bodler.
(d) The man with red hair and freckles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first participant in the Oracle of Thoth?

2. What happens to the man who hurts April?

3. What do the Egyptians think they should do because strange things are occurring in Egypt?

4. What happens when April and Marshall leave Egypt after visiting at night?

5. What do the Egyptians name the owl's head now perched on Set's altar?

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