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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 does April interpret as the sign to break off from the trick-or-treating group?
(a) A shooting star.
(b) A lunar eclipse.
(c) A bat flying through the air.
(d) An owl hooting.

2. What do April, Melanie and Marshall find when they return to the yard to play for the second time?
(a) Everything is just as they had left it.
(b) Someone has put more junk in the yard.
(c) Someone has moved their things.
(d) The bust of Nefertiti is missing.

3. Who is the evil god in the Egypt Game?
(a) Osiris.
(b) Sekhmet.
(c) Anubis.
(d) Set.

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

5. What does April think the Egyptians should do after their long absence from Egypt?
(a) They should give thanks for their return.
(b) They should perform a bloody sacrifice to appease the angry gods.
(c) They should perform a repentance ceremony.
(d) They should perform a ritual chant of praise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Melanie feel about the Professor?

2. What plan does the Egypt gang have for Halloween night?

3. What happens during the ceremony the Egyptians perform after their long absence?

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

5. What is the setting for the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are the children afraid of the Professor?

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

5. What do the children see after they perform their ceremony after their long absence?

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

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

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

9. What is the sign to break away from the trick-or-treating group in order to sneak off to Egypt at night?

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

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