The egypt game reading comprehension questions and answers

The Egypt Game Short Answer Test - Answer Key

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1. What is the setting for the story?

A university town.

2. What type of store does the Professor own?

A curio shop.

3. Why are the children afraid of the Professor?

Because of his silence and his appearance.

4. What month does the Professor witness the beginning of the Egypt Game?

September.

5. From where does the Professor watch the children play the Egypt Game?

From a storeroom.

6. Where do the children play the Egypt Game?

In a yard behind the Professor's curio shop.

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The Egypt Game Short Essay - Answer Key

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 146 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

1. Who is the Professor?

The Professor is the owner of a curio shop near the Casa Rosada apartment complex where many children live.

2. Why are the children afraid of the Professor?

The children are afraid of the Professor not for what he says, but for what he doesn't say. His appearance is also scary: a scraggly white beard that crawls up his cheeks and is met by a pair of deep-set and foreboding eyes. It is said that he lives in the back part of the store, but no one really knows for sure.

3. From where does the Professor watch the children play the Egypt Game?

In the back of the Professor's shop is a little used storeroom that has a window looking out on the storage yard where the children play.

4. What do April, Melanie and Marshall find inside the lean-to at the outset of the Egypt game?

Inside the lean-to is a statue of Diana and a bust of Nefertiti sitting in an old concrete birdbath.

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The Egypt Game

Who is the murderer in The Egypt Game?

April and her friends live in a neighborhood that has many children. This would suggest that the neighborhood is quite safe. Unfortunately, two children have been found murdered, and the murderer...

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What is the main problem in the book The Egypt Game?

I believe that there are two main conflicts going on in The Egypt Game. One conflict is an external conflict that affects the children as well as the greater community at large. That conflict is...

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In The Egypt Game, what is the main conflict?  

Arguably, the main conflict in this novel concerns the principal character, April, and her struggle to accept the fact that her mother has left her with her grandmother and that she is not going to...

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Describe Melanie's character in "The Egypt Game".

Melanie, who is eleven years old, is outgoing and friendly. She interacts frequently with her neighbors in the apartment building in which she lives, and "looks forward to meeting new...

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What is Melanie's symbol?

Look to the chapter titled "Hieroglyphics" for this answer. It is chapter 14. At the beginning of the chapter, Toby suggests that they have a hieroglyphic system. His notion is that it will give...

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What was the secret omen?

The "secret omen" the children had been waiting for is a shooting star, signalling their ability to return to Egypt. In my edition, this occurs on pg. 96. Here's an excerpt:"A...

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What are some similes from The Egypt Game?

A simile uses the words "like" and "as" to compare two often unconnected items. There are quite a few examples of similes in the novel: He was tall and bent and his thin beard straggled up his...

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Who is Set?

Set, or Seth, is an Egyptian god. He is the god of storms, deserts, chaos, and war. According to Egyptian mythology, Set killed and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. Despite that horrible deed,...

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In The Egypt Game, why did April become Neferbeth?

April did not become Neferbeth. April took the Egyptian name Bastet. When the children are choosing hieroglyphs to symbolize their names, April remembers a cat goddess with earrings, Bastet, and...

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How did the professor stumble upon the Egypt game?  

The professor stumbled upon the Egypt Game while looking for something in a storeroom in the back of his antique shop. Since he was not used to being in the storeroom, his curiosity was piqued...

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Who was murdered in The Egypt Game?

There are actually two murders in this book. The neighborhood in which April is living is home to many children, some of whom April has bonded with. It is not any of April's friends, but two...

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What did Marshall know that no one else did?

Marshall knew that someone watched the children every time they played the Egypt Game. The children finally discovered Marshall's secret after April was almost kidnapped by Mr. Schmitt's stock boy....

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What happens in Chapter 17 of The Egypt Game?

In Chapter 17, entitled "The Oracle Speaks", the Egyptians meet in the alley and enter Egypt all together so no one will have a chance "to fool around with the Oracle before everyone (is) there"....

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 What happens in Chapters 10 and 11 of The Egypt Game?

Ever since a little girl in the neighborhood is murdered and suspicion falls upon the Professor, the Egypt group has been kept under tight supervision and has been unable to return to their play...

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What is Toby like in "The Egypt Game"?

Toby Alvillar is one of the most popular boys in the sixth grade. Socially, he and his friend Ken Kamata are "two of the biggest wheels in class, and if you (are) really hopeless they simply...

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What is the Chapter 17 summary for The Egypt Game?

The Egypt kids, who had left a question for Oracle of Thoth to answer the day before, gather at the alley and enter Egypt together. April takes charge, directing the children to put on their...

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What happens in Chapter 8 of The Egypt Game?

In this chapter, which is entitled "Prisoners of Fear", Elizabeth turns out to be a perfect addition to the Egypt Game group because she is "just crazy about every part" of it. The four children...

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What time of year does "The Egypt Game" take place?

The story takes place in the summer, through the fall, and into the winter. It begins in the summer, when April comes to live with her grandmother and befriends Melanie. As time goes on, she starts...

What is the main idea of the Egypt game?

Abandonment is an important theme of The Egypt Game. April feels abandoned when she has to leave her mother to live with her grandmother. Caroline can empathize with April because she too feels abandoned since her son, April's father, died in the Vietnam War.

Who is Toby in the Egypt game?

Toby is a sixth-grader in Wilson School, and goes to the same class asof April Hall and Melanie Ross. He acts as a cool guy and is described as one of the "biggest wheels in the class". His best friend is Ken Kamata, and the two boys tease April when she comes to the class, but they are not hostile to her.

What do the children do when they play the Egypt game?

Even with the spooky Prof, the kids still decide to play pretend that they're in Egypt. They sneak into the yard again and again to play, building altars to the Egyptian gods and coming up with their own rituals.

What is Elizabeth's Egyptian symbol in the Egypt game?

Elizabeth is Nefertiti, named after a queen. Her symbol is a heart.