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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Elizabeth's pet parakeet, Petey?
(a) It is sold to an old woman in the neighborhood.
(b) It gets sick and dies.
(c) It flies away.
(d) It is killed by a cat.

2. What is the inspiration for the Oracle ceremony?
(a) April and Melanie read about Oracles at the library.
(b) Toby, April, and Melanie learn about Oracles in class.
(c) Elizabeth sees a television program that featured an Oracle.
(d) It is a suggestion from Caroline.

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

4. What does Marshall notice while the others are performing the Ceremony of the Dead?
(a) The Professor is watching them.
(b) There is someone in the alley.
(c) The crocodile stone is missing.
(d) There is a storm rolling in.

5. Why does Marshall apologize to April?
(a) Because he was not able to help her.
(b) Because he kept crying.
(c) Because he dropped her math book, and she still does not have it.
(d) Because he did not cooperate with her.

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

7. What do the Egyptians do after the Oracle of Thoth is performed?
(a) They record the ceremony in the scrolls.
(b) They leave so the Oracle has time to anwer the question.
(c) They perform the closing ritual.
(d) The do Oracle of Thoth chants.

8. What happens when April and Marshall leave Egypt after visiting at night?
(a) Someone grabs April as she leaves Egypt.
(b) They see a shadow lurking in the distance.
(c) A car drives down the alley.
(d) Marshall starts crying.

9. What is Toby's reaction to being in Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?
(a) He becomes bored.
(b) He is energized.
(c) He is belligerent.
(d) He is overzealous.

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

11. What does April decide after she receives the item from her mother around Christmas time?
(a) She writes a letter to her mother explaining that she will continue to live with Caroline.
(b) She plans to visit her mother.
(c) She declines to visit her mother.
(d) She decides to live with her mother after the end of the school year.

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

13. How do the Egyptians prepare for the Ceremony of Returning to the Oracle for the Answer?
(a) They have a sacrifice.
(b) They wear costumes.
(c) Melanie writes a poem.
(d) They plan a procession.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does everyone think something strange is going on in Egypt?

3. What happens that allows Melanie and April to return to Egypt?

4. What is Toby concerned about when he confides in April and Melanie?

5. What do the Egyptians decide that the procession should have?

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