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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 do Ken and Toby tell their basketball friends about why they have been absent from the game?

2. What do the Egyptians decide that the procession should have?

3. What is Toby's reaction to being in Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?

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

5. What does Marshall tell the police that the Professor did that night when he and April left Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the Ceremony of the Dead.

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

If April's father were still alive, how might the following people be different?

- April

- Dorothea

- Caroline

Use specific answer from the book to support your answer.

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