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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 is the second Egyptian to pose a question to Thoth?

2. What does Toby confide to April and Melanie?

3. Why do the Egyptians have to leave Egypt immediately after the second Ceremony of Presenting the Question to the Oracle?

4. What do Ken and Toby bring to Egypt after the children are permitted outside again?

5. What do the Egyptians do after the first intruder lands in the storage yard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Security become lost?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can children from such different backgrounds become such good friends? What do the Egyptians learn from each other? How do their relationships change the way they see themselves? Use examples from the book in 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

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.

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