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vague
evasive
haughty
pharaoh
treacherous
dignity
The Egypt Game
Vocabulary
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For each word;
◦ define the word from
the dictionary
◦ define it in your own
words
◦ use it in a sentence
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The Egypt Game will depict a special
friendship that develops among six
diverse characters.
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Write a journal entry about one of your
friends who is most unlike you. What
makes your friendship special?
Pre-reading activity
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1. Describe the relationship between April and her mother.
2. What makes the girls start thinking about Egypt?
3. Why do people think of the professor as dangerous?
4. Why do you think April dresses as she does the first time
she meets Melanie?
5. How do April and Melanie convince Marshall to play with
them?
6. Why does Melanie want to hide April’s false lashes?
7. Who does the neighborhood think committed the murder
and why?
8.Do April, Melanie and Elizabeth believe that person is guilty?
Why or why not?
9. What do the “Egyptians” do to occupy their time when they
can’t return to “Egypt”?
10.What do you think April asks Dorothea in every letter to
her mother? Why?
Comprehension Questions 1-8
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For each word;
◦ define the word from
the dictionary
◦ define it in your own
words
◦ use it in a sentence
◦ Find it in the book
and write down the
sentence it is in and
page number.
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Rendezvous
Tunic
Summoned
Liable
Scribe
strewn
Vocabulary Chs. 9-15
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What did “The air will smell of mystery”
mean in the story?
Melanie thinks that visiting Egypt could be
“downright disobedient” or “ deadly
dangerous”. What kind of literary device is
this? Find one more example from the story.
Why do the Egyptians get stuck at every
house while they are trick-or-treating?
Why do you think Ken and Toby follow the
Egyptians that night?
Why do the girls allow Ken and Toby to join
the game?
Chapters 9-15 part I
In the chapters, “Moods and Maybes”, April
receives a letter from her mother. Besides the
word angry, list 5 adjectives that describe her
feelings as she reads the letter.
 Why does Toby want the group to finish the
Hieroglyphics alphabet?
 Describe the “Ceremony for the Dead” and why
do you think the kids make it so elaborate?
 Which Egyptian knows someone is watching
them?Why do you think they are keeping it a
secret?
 Who do you think is watching the Egyptians and
why?
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Chapters 9-15 part II
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For each word;
◦ define the word from
the dictionary
◦ define it in your own
words
◦ use it in a sentence
◦ Find it in the book and
write down the
sentence it is in and
page number.
Chapters 16-23
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Oracle
Pilgrimage
Incredulous
Publicity
Primitive
exasperated
1. Who got to write the first question to
the Oracle?
 Name two reasons why they were anxious
to get back to Egypt after Ken’s question
was answered?
 At the end of “Where’s Security?”, the
chapter states Toby is the most worried of
all. Why is he so worried?
 Why doesn’t Marshall yell for help?
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Section 3 Ch. 16-23
When the inspector says the Professor
could not give an alibi for the “other
times”, what does he mean?
 At the end of “The Hero”, Marshall does
something , what and why?
 Why do all the neighbors start shopping at
the Professor’s shop?
 Why does April tell her mom she can’t
come for Christmas?
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Section 3 Ch. 16-23
Why does the Professor answer the last
question of the Oracle?
 What is the “gift” that the Professor gives
to the kids? Why is this such a wonderful
gift?
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Section 3 Ch. 16-23