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

2. What is NOT found in the structure where the children play the Egypt Game?
(a) A bird bath.
(b) A statue of Diana.
(c) A chest.
(d) A bust of Nefertiti.

3. What do the children do before leaving Egypt on the first day of the game?
(a) They leave a bouquet of flowers.
(b) They write their names on a rock.
(c) They move brush in front of the entrance.
(d) They make a pact.

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 an invisible ink.
(d) They create a form of hieroglyphics.

5. Why does Melanie go home when visiting April the night before school begins?
(a) She and April have a fight.
(b) Melanie wants to get her school supplies ready.
(c) Caroline tells the girls it is time to go to bed.
(d) She promised to read a book to Marshall before bed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Egyptian typically wants to get permission before doing something?

3. What assures the children that the Professor is not watching them?

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

5. What do the Egyptians do when they return to Egypt at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do April and Melanie spend their days together before school begins?

4. What is Melanie's initial impression of April?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when April first meets the Professor?

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