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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. Who performs the Ceremony of Returning to the Oracle for the Answer?

2. What question remains after Marshall finds Security?

3. Who works at the Professor's store around the time of Christmas break?

4. Why does Toby want to finish the hieroglyph alphabet?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does April respond to her mother's invitation to join her in Palm Springs during Christmas break?

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

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

4. What are April and Melanie's thoughts about Ken and Toby's interest in the Egypt Game?

5. Who are the intruders in Egypt on Halloween night?

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

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

8. What is the Oracle of Thoth?

9. Why does Toby want to finish the hieroglyphic alphabet?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author's treatment of the Professor. How is he presented, and what is his role in the novel? Cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the tension between the innocence of the children playing their game and the real-world events that occur in the story. Use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ways innocence is defined, discussed, and violated in The Egypt Game. How does each character's development relate to whether, and how, they might be innocent or have lost innocence? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

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