Ch. 1 - 4
Describe the setting in the beginning of chapter 1. Hint: the market place.
souvenirs; hot; music; sellers yelling/talking; tourists; locals
What famous people did Amy and Dan find out were Ekaterania?
Robert Fulton/steamship; Eli Whitney/cotton gin; Marie Curie/polio vaccine/radioactivity;
Who was Hilary Vale?
Theo Cooper's grandmother; Grace's "best friend."
On page 106 what did Irina feel when she felt Grace's presence?
Grace's intellect, impatience, kindness. BONUS: what did that do to Irina?
Someone tried to cut Amy's backpack to get it from her. Who did we find out later that it was?
Hilary Vale
Who put the bug in Amy, Dan and Nellie's room?
Alistair Oh
What saved Dan from being poisoned by Irina?
Her needle got jabbed into the pencil Amy had purchased.
How did Amy and Dan begin to have doubts about Grace?
They felt she put them into a family of evil doers; She didn't help them; they were not her favorites
What did Hilary have for Amy and Dan?
A Sakhet (clue)
In chapter 14 what situation reminds us of situations in each book, 1, 2, and 3?
When Amy and Dan reenter the tomb it is like entering the catacombs. BONUS: what happens that is the same in the other three situations?
In the beginning of chapter 17 Amy and Dan felt like evil Cahills, how did they feel at the end?
"We can't turn into Cahill's, we are all we've got."
On page 162 what did Alistair say to do if they did not trust him?
"Follow your heart if you truly believe I'm not on your side. But if you believe that together we can find the clue, then stay"
Amy and Dan found and almost purchased a SAKHET at a small store. Who stopped them and why is he important later?
Theo Cooper; his grandmother was Grace's best friend.
What did Bae Oh do to Amy and Dan?
trapped them in a glass box; BONUS: what did they have to do to get out?
How was Dan able to put the maps together, when they only had one?
He drew the other 2 from memory.
What did Amy lose in the tomb that Irina found?
Grace's travel guide book
What 2 things did Amy and Dan find out about Theo and Hilary in chapter 18?
Theo was working with Irina and Hilary hated Grace?
Describe how Alistair, Amy and Dan saved themselves after the submersible would not work any more?
They paddled to the current; until they could get to a shallow part.
How did Dan explain the clue he found in the wall?
He told the police that the brick design had just "fallen" out.
According to Irina, who was supposed to die in the house fire instead of Amy and Dan's parents?
Grace
Knowing what you know now; did Amy have a premonition on page 86 when Hilary Vale said she would keep the statue and Amy said "no."
any answer
How did Dan feel about Amy losing the book?
That as they lost the picture of their parents, they now have lost an important part of Grace.
How did Amy and Dan use what they found out about Theo and Hilary for their own purpose?
They made Theo lure Irina into a trap to go off the trail of the clue.
In chapter 23, what made the shopkeeper recognize Amy and Dan?
The necklace Amy had from Grace.
How were Amy, Dan and Nellie able to get the best room in the hotel in Cairo?
Bae Oh owned the hotel; the hotel called him; he okayed it; they had a card belonging to Alistair Oh.
How did Amy and Dan get out of their "prison?"
Nellie figured out how to find them; she used Saladin's love of hummus to trigger the laser to get them out.
Why was Theo able to get Amy and Dan into Nefretari's tomb?
1. he was an Egyptologist and he knew people; 2. later on we find out he is working with Irina.
After Jonah made Amy and Dan jump in the Nile, who rescued them and took them ashore?
A fisherman
Where did Amy and Dan get another clue from Grace?
The hotel manager had been keeping a painting for them that Grace asked him to keep.
Why was Saladin again important in Chapter 23?
They only had 1 chance to open the draw, the password was Saladin.