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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 are Melanie's concerns before the school year begins?
(a) She does not know how April will fit in.
(b) She hopes she will be on the basketball team.
(c) She hopes she will earn good grades.
(d) She hopes she will make new friends.

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

3. What does the boy who plays the Egypt Game carry?
(a) A toy truck.
(b) A stuffed octopus.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) A ball.

4. What do April and Melanie eventually devise to record their rites and ceremonies?
(a) They create a secret code.
(b) They take photos.
(c) They create a form of hieroglyphics.
(d) They create an invisible ink.

5. What does the chapter, Enter Melanie--And Marshall, reveal to readers?
(a) That Melanie's homelife is uncomfortable, so she creates an imaginary world.
(b) That Melanie has difficulty making friends.
(c) That April is no longer completely on her own.
(d) That Marshall can sometimes be a nuisance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggestion is given to April and Melanie after the new family moves in?

2. What do the Egyptians decide to do while they are on hiatus from the Egypt Game?

3. What becomes April and Melanie's shared passion?

4. What event saves Halloween?

5. What is a sign that April is adjusting at Wilson School?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Professor?

2. From where does the Professor watch the children play the Egypt Game?

3. What do April and Melanie make to accompany the bust of Nefertiti?

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

5. What do the children do in preparation to play the Egypt Game?

6. How did the crocodile stone come to be?

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

8. What happens when April first meets the Professor?

9. What does Melanie do to April before school begins?

10. Why does Melanie visit April the night before school starts?

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