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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the Egyptians do after the first intruder lands in the storage yard?
(a) They hang to each other in panic.
(b) They throw things at the intruder.
(c) They attack the intruder.
(d) They scatter.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Marshall do when the police officers ask him questions about the attack on April?
(a) He asks questions but does not answer theirs.
(b) He starts to cry.
(c) The session exceeds his attention span and he gets fidgety.
(d) He answers the questions.

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

12. Who presides over the Oracle of Thoth ceremony?
(a) Toby.
(b) Ken.
(c) Melanie.
(d) April.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Security found?

3. What does Melanie suggest to Marshall about Security?

4. What does the Professor give April when she visits him at his store during Christmas break?

5. What is Toby's reaction to being in Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?

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