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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 Ken and Toby bring to Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?
(a) They bring a drawing of Ra for the altar.
(b) They bring supplies for Set's altar.
(c) They bring scrolls they have been working on.
(d) They bring snacks for everyone.

2. How is Toby able to come and go easily from home?
(a) His parents are frequently gone in the evenings.
(b) He sneaks out of the house while his parents are asleep.
(c) He always tells his parents he is at Ken's house.
(d) He tells his parents he is checking in on his grandmother.

3. What happens to Elizabeth's pet parakeet, Petey?
(a) It is killed by a cat.
(b) It is sold to an old woman in the neighborhood.
(c) It gets sick and dies.
(d) It flies away.

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

5. What do the Egyptians do after Marshall's question is answered?
(a) They try to unravel the mystery.
(b) They stop conducting ceremonies.
(c) They accuse each other of writing the answer.
(d) They ask another question to see what happens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Egyptians name the owl's head now perched on Set's altar?

2. Why is Security missing?

3. What does April decide after she receives the item from her mother around Christmas time?

4. What news does April receive in a letter from her mother?

5. Why does everyone think something strange is going on in Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Ceremony of the Dead.

2. What is the story the Egyptians develop for the demise of Elizabeth's parakeet, Petey?

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

4. Why do the older Egyptians want to stop playing the Egypt Game?

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

6. What is April's solution to the intruder situation in Egypt?

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

8. How did Security become lost?

9. How does Marshal describe the man who hurt April?

10. Where is Security found?

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