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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 helps April and Melanie change their mind regarding their decision about the new family?
(a) April and Melanie discuss the situation and come to a different conclusion.
(b) They meet Elizabeth.
(c) They witness another family on the street with young children.
(d) Their parents coerce them.

2. What is the setting for the story?
(a) A large city.
(b) A university town.
(c) A factory town.
(d) A suburb.

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

4. How is April dressed when she meets Melanie?
(a) She wears her hair up, has false eyelashes and a fur.
(b) She is in a fortune-teller's outfit.
(c) Her hair is in a ponytail, and she wears a t-shirt and tennis shoes.
(d) She is wearing an Egyptian robe and headress.

5. What is the location for playing the Egypt Game?
(a) An abandoned yard.
(b) A garage.
(c) An alley.
(d) A concrete pad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the situation with the male head of household in the new family in Casa Rosada?

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

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

5. Whom do April and Melanie run into while trick-or-treating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does April tell Melanie her name is?

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

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

4. What does April do while everyone is waiting outside of Egypt on Halloween night?

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

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

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

8. What brings April and Melanie together as friends?

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

10. How does April dress for her first meeting with Melanie?

(see the answer keys)

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