TheEgyptGame

ComprehensionQuestions

Chapter1:TheDiscoveryofEgypt
1.WhoownstheAntiquestore?
-The professor owns the store
2.Whereisthestorelocated?
-This store was located at the Orchard Avenue.
3.HowdopeopleinthecommunitygenerallyfeelabouttheProfessor?
-The community are scared of the professor
4.WhofirstwitnessestheEgyptGame?
-The professor happened to be the only witness to the very beginning of the egypt
game
5.WhatarethenamesofthethreechildrentheProfessorwatchesthroughthewindow?
-April
-Marshall
-Melannie
6.WhatisMarshallcarryingwithhim?
Chapter2:EnterApril
1.WhatdoesAprilHallsometimescallherself?
I think is because she is a kid and the kids sometimes call her like a game

2.WhatisthenameofthebuildingwhereAprilcomestolive?
Casa Rosada
3.WhoisDorothea?
Isherbeautifulandglamorousmother
and a famous singer
4.WhoisCaroline?
Is the grandmother
5.WhathappenedtoAprilsfather?
He dies in an accident before april even had a chance to get to know him
6.WheredoesCarolinework?
She is librarian
7.WhoisAprilsupposedtocheckinwithbeforeleavingthebuilding?
WithMelanie,MRS.rossandmarshallsmom.
8.WhatdoesAprilpurchasefromthedrugstore?
When April goes into the drugs store she walks down the rows of supplies looking for
fake eyelashes
9.WhyisAprilimpressedbythemanatAZ?
Becausehewassocuriousandthesitehavealotofthinkscurious
10.WhatdoesApriltellthemanshewantstobewhenshegrowsup?
archeologist
Chapter3:EnterMelanieandMarshall
1.WhyisMelaniehopefulassheknocksonApartment312?
Melanie thought April would be a real friend, also Melanie always looks forward to
meeting new people
2.WhatisMelaniesinitialreactionwhenAprilopensthedoor?
When april opens the door Melanie aprils Hollywood get up, she is no sure what to say
when se sees this because she is so shoced
3.WhydoesntAprilthinkMelaniewilllikeher?
4.HowdoesAprilfirstdescribehermothersjobtoMelanie?
5.WhatisMelaniesfavoriteoccupation?

Is being a detective, she and april like to play with little paper dolls
6.WhatdoesMelaniekeephiddeninthedulllookingoldgeographybook?
Melanie keeps her paper dolls in the book. At first, April is scornful, but she later

becomes interested
7.HowdoesAprilreacttoMelaniessecrethobby?
8.WhatnamedoesMelaniegivetothegamesthatthegirlsplay?

Chapter4:TheEgyptGirls
1.WheredoMelanieandAprilgoalmosteverydayinAugust?
Melanie and April always go to the abandon yard in the back of the Curio Shop to play
the Eygpt Game with Marshall
2.HowdoAprilandMelanieearnthenametheEgyptgirls?
They get the name the Eygpt Girls because they are interested in Eygpt and always
read books and play games about it
3.WhyareAprilandMelanieworriedaboutthestartofschool?
They are scared the Wilson kids will not like April's Hollywood act and tease her
4.WhataspectofAprilsappearancemostconcernsMelanie?
Melanie is most concerned about April's fake eyelashes. Melanie thinks that the
people in her new school won't like them either, so Melanie tries to steal them
5.WhatreasondoesAprilgiveMelanieforherfeelingsaboutCaroline?
She says that caroline doesn't under stand or care about her
6.WhatdoApril,Marshall,andMelaniefindinthedesertedyardthatAprilconsidersa
beautifulmessengerfromoutoftheancientpast?

Chapter5:TheEvilGodandtheSecretSpy
1. WhodoesMelaniesuggestmightbewatchingthemthroughthewindow?
Melanie thinks the professor is watching them. Although the room is deserted and the
windows are filthy.
2. Whodothegirlsappointpharaoh?
The girls appoint Marshall to be pharoah
3. Whatdotheynamethepharaoh?
his name is Marshamosis
4. WhydoesMarshallagreetoplaythegame?
Marshall finds April and Melanie playing together and goes to see what's going on. He
finds them playing a strange game and asks what they are doing. April asks him if he
wants to play as a king
5. WhoisSet?
6. WheredothegirlsgettherulesfortheEgyptgame?
The Girls get the rules for the Eygpt game from all the books they read about it. They
usually add more rules as they read and move forward through the game. They get all
the great ideas from their knowledge of Egypt, and also their imaginations
7. Whathappensunbeknownsttothegirlsaftertheythrowtheboxesoverthefence?
The noise from the boxes caused the professor to see what the noise was and he
discovered the kids.
Chapter6:EyelashesandCeremony
1. WhyisAprilhavingtroubleconcentratingthedaybeforeschoolistobegin?
Melanie was trying to think of a way to make April not wear the false eyelashes to
school
2. WhyisMelaniehavingtroubleconcentrating?

April was trying to tell herself she didn't care what the kids from school thought of
her.
3. WhatdoesMelanietakefromAprilsroom?How?
Melanie takes Aprils fake eyelashes from her room by brushing her hand against them
to pick them up
4. HowdothesixthgradersatWilsonrespondtoApril?
When April goes into the new school, she is confident, but is scared inside. At first,
people make fun of her dresses and hair. After a while, things get worse
5. WhatnicknamedoTobyandKengivetoApril?Whyisitimportant?
Though a few popular kids in the school give April the name of February, this gives
April a little more confidence
6. WhatdoIsisandNefertitirepresent?
7. HowaretheritualsoftheEgyptgamerecorded?
8. WhatistheCrocodileStone?Whatdothegirlsdowithit?

Chapter7:Neferbeth
1. WhomovesintoCasaRosadainSeptember?Howoldisshe?
lizabeth moves in to the Casa Rosada.She is nine and is in 4th grade. She seems lonly
so once April And Melanie decied to walk her to school, they soon find out that she is a
very interesting kid. They soon decied to let her in to the Eygpt game and she fits right
in with everyone else, and is also excited to play
2. WhodoesElizabethlookliketoAprilandMelanie?
Elizabeth reminds April and Melanie of Nefertiti for her beauty
3. WhydoAprilandMelanieaskElizabethtojointheEgyptgame?
April and Melanie both ask Elizabeth to join from a suggestion to be friends with
Elizabeth from Melanie's mom, soon Elizabeth is as important to the game as they are
Chapter8:PrisonersofFear
1. HowdoesElizabethrespondtotheEgyptgame?
Elizabeth loves the Egypt Game, she has a lot of fun doing rituals and ceremonies
2. WhatnamedoMelanieandAprilgivetoElizabethinthegame?
April and Melanie give her the name Neferbeth or Nefertiti, because she looks like her
3. WhatputsatemporarystoptotheEgyptgame?
One day Mrs. Ross calls Elizabeth, Marshall, April, and Melanie inside. The girls know
its important because Melanies momis never home this early. Once in side she tells all
the kids that a girl has recently been murdered by an unknown person
4. Whodoesthecommunitybelieveisguilty?
Once word is out about the murder everyone imediatly thinks that the Professor did
the crime because of how sneaky he always is. He then recives no buisness, and then
the town asks him to leave the town
5. WhoorganizestheeffortstoinvitetheProfessortoleave?
Mr.Schmitt makes a campaign that he wants people to sign to get the Proffesor to
leave
6. HowdotheplayerscontinuetheEgyptgamewhentheyareconfinedtotheCasaRosada?
Melaninie and April talked about their game and read more papers on Egypt on their
balconie or bed while they were forced to stay inside
7. HowdoaccusationsagainsttheProfessoraffecthisbusiness?
Once the girl is murdered, many people distrust the professor and stay away from him.
His business starts to decline and many people do not like his shop anymore

8. WhatchangesdotheplayersnoticeinEgyptwhentheystopbybriefly?

They notice that the game is not as fun as it use to be after all that happened
Chapter9:SummonedbytheMightyOnes
1. Underwhatcircumstancesarethekidsintheneighborhoodallowedtotrickortreat?

2. WhatisAprilsplanforrevisitingEgypt?
3. WhatcostumesdoApril,Elizabeth,Melanie,andMarshallwearforHalloween?
4. WhattokendoesAprilclaimSetandIsishavesenttotheplayersasasummons?
5. Whataretheplayerswatchingforastheytrickortreat?
Since the accident, none of the parents have let their kids outside for their safety. They
also won't let them out for Halloween since in the dark and in costumes maes it more
unsafe. However, the kids are really sad about htis, so a plan is revised that dads can
chaperone the kids in big groups so that they can stay safe
Chapter10:TheReturntoEgypt

1. Whodothegirlsrunintowhiletrickortreating?
They run into Ken and Toby
2. DescribeKenandTobyscostumes.

3. WhatdoestheEgyptgangclaimtobethesecretomen?

Chapter11:EgyptInvaded
1. WhatdoesAprildeclaretheCrocodileGoddemandsforsacrifice?

2. WhatdoesMarshallmumbleunderhisbreathafterApriltellshimnottoyell?
3. Whatdotheplayersdecidetouseforsacrifices?
4. WhathappensattheendoftheCeremonyofSacrifice?

Chapter12:ElizabethanDiplomacy
1. WhoentersEgyptuninvited?
2. WhydoesElizabethinvitetheboystojointheirgame?
3. WhodoesMelaniecreditwithsavingtheEgyptgameafteroutsidersdiscoverthegames
existence?
4. WhydoesMelaniethinkthatElizabethsmethodissuccessful?

Chapter13:MoodsandMaybes
1. WhydoMelaniesparentsargueaboutthekidsplayingoutside?
BecauseMelaniebroughtupthesubjectofplayingoutdoors.
2. WhyisAprilinabadmood?
ShehadbeeninabadmoodbecauseshereceivealetterfromHollywood.Theletterwas
fromDorothea,anditwasverycheeryandchatty.
3. WhatkindoflistdoesTobyaskthegirlstomake?Whatdoesheplantodowithit?
TobyaskedthegirlstowritedownthenamesofsomeofthebestbooksaboutEgypt,he
saidhewagoingtothelibrarythateveningtochecksomeout.

Chapter14:Hieroglyphics
1. WhatdoTobyandKenbringtoEgypt?
TobywasoverflowingwithideasandKenwascarryinmostofthestaff.
2. WhoisThoth?
Thothwasanowl.
3. WhydoesTobythinktheyshouldfinishthealphabetofhieroglyphics?

Whentheyhadthealphabetallmadeup,theycouldmemorizeitanduseittowritesecret
messages.

4. Whatdotheplayerswanttopurchasewiththemoneytheyearn?

5. ListtheplayersEgyptiannamesandhieroglyphicsymbols.
Toby:Ramose
Ken:Horemheb
Melanie:Aida
April:Bastet
Elizabeth:Nefertiti
Marshall:Marshamasis
6. WhoisPetey?
PeteywastheonlyPetElizabethhadeverowned

Chapter15:TheCeremonyfortheDead
1. WhathappenstoPrincePetehotep?
Hadjustfalleninabattlewithaterriblemonster,andhisbodywasbeingtakeninsolemn
porcessiontotempleofAnubis,GodoofDead
2. HowarethehighpriestsofAnubischosenfortheceremony?
KenandTobbywonandgottobethehighpriestsofAnubis.
3. HowlongdoesTobythinkthemummificationceremonymighttake?
Tobthinksthatthewholethingwasgoingtotakealongtime,butmaybeitwouldlastas
muchasfiveorsix.
4. Whoisthechiefmourner?
Hewasaplayer
5. Whydotheplayersbecomelesscautious?

6. WhatknowledgedoesoneverysmallEgyptiankeeptohimself?
ThatthelandofEgyptwasbeingwatched,andforsomereason,whichwashisownand
private,hedidn'tchoosetotell.
Chapter16:TheOracleofThoth
1. Whatgetstheplayersinterestedinthetopicoforacles?
When they hear about it in school
2. WhocomesupwiththeideaofusingThothastheoracle?
3. Whoasksthefirstquestion?
4. WhydoesKenthinktherestoftheplayersarecrazy?

Chapter17:TheOracleSpeaks
1. WhoperformstheceremonyofReturningtotheOraclefortheAnswer?
Apriltookchargeoftheoracle
2. WhatdoesKenasktheoracle?
Willbeabigleaguestarsomeday?
3. WhodotheEgyptiansargueabouttheoraclesanswer?
TheyargueTobyaboutheoraclesanswer

Chapter18:WhereisSecurity?
1.WhatdoesMarshallleaveinEgypt?
MarshallhaslosthisOctopus
2.WhatdoesAprilasktheoracle?

Whenwilligohomeagain?
3.HowdotheEgyptiansreacttotheoraclesanswer?
Everyonecrowdedaround,grabbingforthepaperandaskingquestions.
4.WhatdoesMarshallasktheoracle?
Aboutsecurity
5.WhoismostworriedaboutMarshallsquestiontotheoracle?
April,MelanieandElizabeth
Chapter19:ConfessionandConfusion
1. WhydoesTobycallAprilathome?
TometwithherandwithRoss.
2. WhydoesTobyfakeinjury?
TotalkwithMelanieandApril
3. WhatdoesTobyconfesstoAprilandMelanie?
Thathewastheoracle,hewrotethoseanswers
4. HowdoestheoracleanswerMarshallsquestions?
Becausesomeone(unknown)wasinthealleywhenTobywasgoinghome
5. WhywaseveryonesurprisedbytheoraclesresponsetoMarshallsquestion?
BecauseeveryonethinksthatTobyanswerthatquestion

Chapter20:FearStrikes
1. Whowantstoasktheoracleanotherquestion?
TobyandAprilwantstousetheoracleagaintoseewhatwouldhappen
2. WhyareMarshallandAprilaloneintheRosssapartment?
BecausetheRossesdecidedtogotoaconcertattheuniverity.
3. WhydoMarshallandAprilgotoEgyptalone?
BecauseAprilleftsomebooksaboutmath
4. WhathappenstoAprilaftersheclimbsthroughtheboardinthefence?
Shepushedtheboardthegrongway,alltheEgyptiansalwayspushedittotheright
5. WhatdoesAprilwonderaboutMarshallsbehaviorassheisbeingattacked?
ThatMarshallstaysstandingjustinsidethefenceholdingtheflashlightandlookingback
overisshoulderatthewallbehindhimandthathedoesntscreamforhelp
6. Whofinallycallsforhelp?
Astrangevoicefrominsidethestorageyard
7. WhathappenstoAprilsattacker?
Theattackergoawayandnoonesawhimorher

Chapter21:TheHero
1. WheredoMarshallandAprilgoafterleavingEgypt?
TheywenttothePoliceStation
2. WhoisInspectorGrant?
HewasaPoliceman,theonethataskedthequestions
3. HowdoesMarshalldescribethemanwhograbsApril?
Abigman,old,hishairwasorange
4. WhodoesMarshallidentifyasthemanwhocalledforhelp?
Marshallidentifytheprofessorasthemanthatcalledforhelp
5. WhatdoesAprilcallCarolineforthefirsttime?
ShecallsCarolinetoaskthemifshecangobecauseshewasverytired.
6. Whoisthemanwhocommitsthecrimes?
TheonethatcommitthecrimewasMr.Schmitt

7.HowdoesMarshallsparticipationinthecapturechangehisbehavior?
Marshallbecamemormature,losingsecurityandbeingmoreindependent

Chapter22:GainsandLosses
1. WhathappenstothelandofEgyptafterAprilisattacked?
2. WhatistheProfessorsrealname?
3. WhobeginsworkingattheProfessorsstore?
4. WhatobjectsdoestheProfessorshowtoApril?
5. TowhodidtheitemstheProfessorshowedtoApriloncebelong?
6. HowdoesAprilrespondtoDorotheasletter?

Chapter23:ChristmasKeys
1. WhoaskstoseetheEgyptgangonChristmasEve?
2. WhatreasondoestheProfessorgiveforwantingtomeetwiththegroup?
3. WhatistheProfessorsformerprofession?
4. HowdidAZstoregetstarted?
5. WhatinformationdoestheProfessorgiveabouttheoracle?
6. WhatdoestheProfessorgiveeachmemberoftheEgyptgang?
7. WhydoesAprilfeelsadafterthechildrenreceivetheirkeys?
8. WhatquestiondoesAprilposetoMelanieattheendofthenovel?