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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is April babysitting Marshall?
(a) Because his parents and Elizabeth are going to a concert.
(b) Elizabeth is injured and in the emergency room at the hospital.
(c) Because there was a death in the family.
(d) Elizabeth's parents are taking her somewhere special for her birthday.

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

3. What does Toby experience the last time he visits Egypt alone?
(a) The sensation that there is someone in the alley behind him.
(b) An overwhelming feeling of loneliness.
(c) He has an inspiration for a new ceremony.
(d) He hears a spooky noise.

4. What do the intruders think about their intrusion?
(a) They think it is insensitive.
(b) They think it is enjoyable for everyone.
(c) They think it is too scary.
(d) They think it is funny.

5. What question remains after Marshall finds Security?
(a) Who wrote the answer to Marshall's question?
(b) Who returned Security?
(c) How could Marshall lose Security?
(d) Who took Security?

6. Why is Security missing?
(a) Marshall gave it to Elizabeth, who forgot what she did with it.
(b) The Egyptians left in such a rush that everyone forgot about Security.
(c) Marshall brought it to nursery school, and he left it there by accident.
(d) Marshall took a bus ride with his mother and left it on the bus.

7. What do Ken and Toby bring to Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?
(a) They bring scrolls they have been working on.
(b) They bring snacks for everyone.
(c) They bring a drawing of Ra for the altar.
(d) They bring supplies for Set's altar.

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

9. What do Ken and Toby ask April and Melanie after they learn about the Egypt Game?
(a) They ask if they can make objects for the temple.
(b) They ask when the game will begin again.
(c) They ask if they can create a new game together.
(d) They ask if they can invite other kids to play.

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

11. What does Melanie suggest to Marshall about Security?
(a) Someone probably turned it in at a lost and found.
(b) That Security is safe in Egypt.
(c) That perhaps he left Security at nursery school.
(d) That Security would turn up somewhere.

12. What do the Egyptians give themselves for the purpose of writing notes?
(a) Egyptian symbols.
(b) A special seal.
(c) A special color of ink for each Egyptian.
(d) A special color of paper for each Egyptian.

13. What is Toby's reaction to the Egypt Game?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is enthusiastic.
(d) He makes fun of the Egyptians.

14. What do April and Melanie think will happen with the boys' involvement in the Egypt Game?
(a) That the boys will try to take over the game.
(b) That other kids will become interested in playing the game with them.
(c) That they will grow tired of the game and stop playing.
(d) That they will become active participants in the game.

15. Who insists that there should be no changes in the Egypt Game?
(a) April and Toby.
(b) Elizabeth and Ken.
(c) April and Melanie.
(d) Toby and Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does April receive in a letter from her mother?

2. What happens to the remains of Petey's body?

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

4. Why does Toby get in trouble on Halloween night?

5. What does April receive from her mother around Christmas time?

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