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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 Toby confide to April and Melanie?
(a) He goes to Egypt to perform ceremonies alone.
(b) He has been writing the answers to the questions posed to the Oracle.
(c) He does not want to stop playing the Egypt Game because it is a refuge from his homelife.
(d) He has been writing in the scrolls.

2. Why does everyone think something strange is going on in Egypt?
(a) It appears that someone has been performing ceremonies while the Egyptians are not there.
(b) A few of the Egyptians mention seeing a shadow lurking on the outskirts of Egypt.
(c) Everything has been rearranged.
(d) Someone also answered April's question.

3. What does April receive from her mother around Christmas time?
(a) A card inviting April to spend part of her vacation with her in Palm Springs.
(b) A letter inviting April to return to live with her.
(c) A post card telling April she is having a wonderful vacation in Mexico.
(d) A letter explaining that April will never be able to live with her again.

4. Who works at the Professor's store around the time of Christmas break?
(a) Mr. Bodler.
(b) Mrs. Chung.
(c) The man with red hair and freckles.
(d) Mrs. Ross.

5. What do the intruders think about their intrusion?
(a) They think it is funny.
(b) They think it is too scary.
(c) They think it is insensitive.
(d) They think it is enjoyable for everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marshall notice while the others are performing the Ceremony of the Dead?

2. What does the Professor give April when she visits him at his store during Christmas break?

3. What happens to Marshall following the attack on April?

4. How is Toby able to come and go easily from home?

5. What is the story the Egyptians create regarding the demise of Petey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when April and Marshall leave Egypt after visiting there at night?

2. What happens to Elizabeth's parakeet, Petey?

3. What is the Oracle of Thoth?

4. Describe the Ceremony of the Dead.

5. How did Security become lost?

6. Why do April and Marshall go to Egypt at night?

7. Why are the Egyptians unable to return to their game during Christmas break?

8. What secret does Toby reveal to April and Melanie?

9. What news does April receive in a letter from her mother after Halloween?

10. Why did the Egyptians have to leave Egypt immediately when it is April's turn to pose a question?

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