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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 April decide after she receives the item from her mother around Christmas time?

2. What do Ken and Toby ask April and Melanie after they learn about the Egypt Game?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does April learn about the Professor from Marshall?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What do the Egyptians find when they return to Egypt to learn whether the Oracle has spoken?

9. How did Security become lost?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the theme of violence have and how does this theme contribute to the meaning of the novel? Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the connection between the children's love for Egyptian artifacts and the Professor's fascination for artifacts? How does this interest in ancient artifacts create a common bond between them? Use specific references from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how irony is used by the author. How effective is the use of irony in The Egypt Game? Use examples from the book.

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