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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do April and Melanie find on their way to school?
(a) A decorative "ceremony" bottle.
(b) An amulet.
(c) A "crocodile stone".
(d) A scorpion ring.

2. What type of store does the Professor own?
(a) A dry goods store.
(b) A haberdashery.
(c) A book store.
(d) A curio shop.

3. What do the Egyptians do when they return to Egypt at night?
(a) They perform the Rite of Return after a long absence.
(b) They chant the Celebration of the Return to Egypt.
(c) They perform the Welcome Ritual.
(d) They sing the songs they have written during their absence.

4. What do April and Melanie decide to make to accompany the bust of Nefertiti?
(a) A pyramid.
(b) A tablet with hieroglyphics.
(c) A statue of Set.
(d) A sphynx.

5. Who is questioned regarding the incident in the neighborhood?
(a) The Professor.
(b) Caroline.
(c) The children.
(d) Mrs. Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does April meet Melanie and Marshall?

2. Why does Melanie visit April the night before school begins?

3. What is April and Melanie's friendship based on?

4. How often do April and Melanie see each other before school begins?

5. What does April interpret as the sign to break off from the trick-or-treating group?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do April, Melanie and Marshall find inside the lean-to at the outset of the Egypt game?

2. What is Melanie's concern about April before school begins?

3. What does Melanie find that begins the Egypt Game?

4. What saves Halloween from being canceled?

5. What do the Egyptians do while they are on a hiatus from the Egypt Game as a result of a neighborhood event?

6. What event happens in the neighborhood that puts a temporary halt to the Egypt Game?

7. How did the crocodile stone come to be?

8. What do April and Melanie think about the parents' suggestion about the new family?

9. What do the Egyptians decide they should do in order to appease the gods after their long absence?

10. What do the Egyptians plan on doing Halloween night?

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