Name_______________________________________ Class________________________Number______ The Egypt Game ​
by: ​
Zilpha Keatley Snyder ● Students will be responsible for reading at home the assigned chapters of the novel, answering short answer questions, and defining vocabulary words from each chapter.​
All work should be completed in your notes section of your notebook. You must show evidence for your short answer questions. Include the page number where you found your answer. ● There will be quizzes on assigned chapters. ● Extension activities and projects will be completed in class. If the assignments are not finished during class time, students may have to finish them for homework. These dates are subject to change: Chapters 1­5 due on ​
January 11​
Quiz on ​
January 15 Chapters 6­9 due on ​
January19​
Quiz on ​
January 22 Chapters 10­14 due on ​
January 25​
Quiz on ​
January 29 Chapters 15­19 due on ​
February 1​
Quiz on ​
February 4 Chapters 20­23 due on ​
February 15​
Quiz on ​
February 19 Book Test on ​
February 24 Answer all questions in sentence form. These questions are to help you focus while you read ​
Hatchet​
. Quiz questions will include vocabulary, multiple choice, sequencing, and true/false. Quiz questions are not limited to these focus questions. Section 1 Chapters 1­5 Vocabulary 1. Nefertiti 2. pharaoh
3. Hieroglyphics
7. petrify 8. Reincarnation
9. monolith 4. evasive 5. heir 10. Syrians
11. Corrugated
Questions 1. Why did the people think of the Professor as ‘dangerous’? 2. Where did April, Melanie, and Marshall create their ‘Land of Egypt’? 3. What is April planning to be when she grows up? 4. Why was Melanie looking forward to meeting April? 6. escapades 12. dead­pan 5. When April met Melanie, she was wearing a fur stole, fake eyelashes, and her hair was in a sweep. Why did April dress this way? 6. What kind of stuffed animal is Security? 7. What did Melanie do with her cutout paper people? 8. What made April and Melanie start to think about Egypt? 9. With the beginning of school getting close, why was Melanie worried about April? 10. As April and Melanie are setting up Egypt, what don’t they realize about the small window at the back of the Professor’s store? (pg. 49) Section 2 ­ Chapters 6­9 Vocabulary 1. ritual
2. Incense
3. Medley
8. papyrus 9. languishing 4. sinister 10. Tunic
5. Cleopatra 6. dutifully 11. Chaperone
7. procession 12. summoned Questions 1. How did Melanie stop April from wearing the false eyelashes on the first day of school? 2. Describe Marshall’s personality. 3. Why didn’t April want to include Elizabeth Chang in the Egypt Game? 4. Why did April and Melanie agree to take care of Elizabeth for the first few days at school? 5. After a little girl was killed, many people in the neighborhood suspected the same person.Who was that person and why did people suspect him? (Make sure both parts of the answer are correct.) 6.What did the kids do to occupy their time when they could not go outside to ‘Egypt’? 7. Why did April want to visit ‘Egypt’ on Halloween night? 8. April’s relationship with her grandmother is slowly changing. How do we know this? 9. What was the token from the ‘mighty ones’? 10. After the girls noticed Marshall was missing as they were leaving for trick­or­treating, where did they find him? Section 3 ­ Chapters 10­14 Vocabulary 1. liable
2. Convulsions
7. trance­like 8. Humanity
Questions 3. omen 4. prostrated 5. Fiendish
9. Diplomacy 10. angular 11. Warily 6. philosophically 1. Why did the Egyptians get stuck at every house while they were trick­or­treating? 2. The Egyptians were watching for a secret omen the night of trick­or­treating. What was the secret omen? 3. What did the Egyptians finally decide to do as their ‘horrible and bloody sacrifice’? 4. What was April’s first reaction when Toby and Ken invaded Egypt on Halloween night? 5. What was Elizabeth’s offer if Ken and Toby didn’t tell others about the land of Egypt? 6. The day before the ‘outsiders’ were going to visit the land of Egypt, April and the other three paid it a visit. April was in a bad mood. Why? 7. What was Ken and Toby’s reaction to the Egypt Game? 9. What is the story line for Aida? 10. The gang had an argument about the hieroglyphics. What was it about? Section 4 Chapters 15­19 Vocabulary 1. rendezvous 2. Populace 3. Brine
7. solemn 8. oracle 4. Grottoes
9. consternation 5. Pilgrimage 6. dahlia 10. Spectator Questions 1. The Ceremony of the Dead was the first ceremony the boys took part in. What was each of their reactions? 2. What was the first step the gang did in making a mummy out of Petey? 3. What did Mrs. Granger, the sixth grade teacher, mention that got the Egypt gang excited and thinking of new things to do? 4. What was the final decision on the ‘What and How of the Egyptian Oracle’? 5. What did the Egypt gang do after the first question was asked of the oracle? 6. What did the gang decide to do when they couldn’t figure out how the answer to Ken’s question appeared on the back of the paper? 7. What question did Marshall ask the oracle? 8. How was Toby able to answer the first two questions that were asked of the oracle? 9. What surprised the Egypt gang about the answer to Marshall’s question? 10. What was Ken’s reaction to the missing Set and the finding of Security? Section 5 ­ Chapters 20­23 Vocabulary 1. rasped
2. Alibi
3. bewildered 7.gloat
8. Exasperated 9. Seclusion
4.alabaster 5. primitive 10. Egyptologist
6. province 11.anthropology
12. gypsies Questions 1. On the night that April was babysitting Marshall, April went back to Egypt to get something. What was it? 2. What was Marshall’s description of the man who attacked April? 3. Why did the police think that the Professor was a pretty good suspect for the other murdered children? 4. Why hadn’t the police found out about the red­haired man before he attacked April? 5. Why were April and Melanie a bit disgusted with the way the reporters talked about Marshall’s description? 6. After the real murderer had been caught, what happened to the Professor’s business? 7. When April went to thank the Professor for saving her life, what two things did he show her? 8. What was April’s reply to her mother’s invitation to go to Palm Springs for Christmas? 9. What did the Professor give to each of the members of the Egypt Gang when he came to visit on the morning of Christmas Eve?