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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Professor do while April is in his shop?

2. What are April and Melanie's roles in the first Egypt Game?

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

4. How do the Egyptians know when to act on their plan?

5. Where do the four Egyptians join a larger trick-or-treating group on Halloween night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What brings April and Melanie together as friends?

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

7. How does April fare at Wilson School?

8. How did the crocodile stone come to be?

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

10. What happens when April first meets the Professor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between the Professor and the children. How does this relationship change throughout the book? What are the causes of the developments in this relationship? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Melanie, Marshall, and Ken are the only characters in the novel who live in a traditional family. In what ways do the characters playing the Egypt Game become an extended family for the children? Discuss the concept of family and Snyder's presentation of the American family. What does it consist of? Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Why was a sense of belonging significant to the characters in The Egypt Game? Would these characters have a sense of belonging if it were not for the Egypt Game?

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