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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Toby able to come and go easily from home?
(a) He always tells his parents he is at Ken's house.
(b) He sneaks out of the house while his parents are asleep.
(c) His parents are frequently gone in the evenings.
(d) He tells his parents he is checking in on his grandmother.

2. What do the Egyptians name the owl's head now perched on Set's altar?
(a) Hoot.
(b) Ibis.
(c) Nekhbet.
(d) Thoth.

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

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

5. Why does Toby want to finish the hieroglyph alphabet?
(a) It can be used for secret notes.
(b) So they can decorate the temple with the hieroglyphs.
(c) He hates to leave any task unfinished.
(d) So they can use it to record the events in Egypt.

6. What do the Egyptians do after Marshall's question is answered?
(a) They ask another question to see what happens.
(b) They try to unravel the mystery.
(c) They stop conducting ceremonies.
(d) They accuse each other of writing the answer.

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

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

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

10. 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 card inviting April to spend part of her vacation with her in Palm Springs.
(c) A post card telling April she is having a wonderful vacation in Mexico.
(d) A letter inviting April to return to live with her.

11. What happens when neighbors open their windows while April and Marshall are leaving Egypt at night?
(a) Marshall cries even louder.
(b) April and Marshall run back to the apartment.
(c) They ask April and Marshall what they are doing in the alley at night.
(d) April is released.

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

13. What is the story the Egyptians create regarding the demise of Petey?
(a) Petey had fallen in battle.
(b) Petey was killed by his brother.
(c) Petey was killed by a rival Pharaoh.
(d) Petey was poisoned by servants.

14. Why do Marshall and April go to Egypt at night?
(a) Marshall lost Security again.
(b) Because Marshall did not get to go to Egypt on Halloween night.
(c) To retrieve April's math book.
(d) To perform the Oracle of Thoth.

15. What does Marshall tell the police that the Professor did that night when he and April left Egypt?
(a) He did nothing to help them.
(b) He ran out into the yard.
(c) He yelled for help.
(d) He watched from his window.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what temple will the Ceremony of the Dead be held?

2. Why do the Egyptians have to leave Egypt immediately after the second Ceremony of Presenting the Question to the Oracle?

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

4. How do the Egyptians prepare for the Ceremony of Returning to the Oracle for the Answer?

5. What is Ken's reaction to the Egypt Game?

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