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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. Where is the Professor's shop in relation to where April is staying?
(a) Around the corner.
(b) Next door.
(c) Across the street.
(d) Behind the alley.

2. 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 sing the songs they have written during their absence.
(c) They chant the Celebration of the Return to Egypt.
(d) They perform the Welcome Ritual.

3. What is Caroline's profession?
(a) A telephone operator.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A secretary.
(d) A librarian.

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

5. How do the children find Egypt when they return after their hiatus?
(a) The crocodile stone has been moved.
(b) The flowers are dead.
(c) The statue of Set has been damaged.
(d) Nothing has changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is April's mother's profession?

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

3. What is the female head of household looking for?

4. Where did April get the name with which she introduces herself to Melanie?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does April explore when she first moves to town?

3. What brings April and Melanie together as friends?

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

5. What do the parents suggest to April and Melanie after the new family moves in?

6. What arrangements does Caroline make when April first comes to town?

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

8. What leads the children to believe the Professor is not watching them play the Egypt Game?

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

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

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