CHARACTERS OF EGYPT
SETTING & OBJECTS
EGYPT GAME BEGINNINGS
APRIL, MELANIE & SCHOOL LIFE
MYSTERY & THE PROFESSOR
100

This girl moves to the Casa Rosada to live with her grandmother.

April Hall

100

The apartment building where April and Melanie both live.

The Casa Rosada

100

The girls discover the bust of Nefertiti here on their first visit.

What is the lean-to shed?

100

April wears these on her eyes when she arrives at the Casa Rosada, surprising Melanie.

Eyelashes

100

Kids in the neighborhood think this about the Professor.

What is that he is scary/mysterious/dangerous?

200

This girl becomes April’s closest friend and reading buddy.

Melaine Ross

200

The name of the Professor’s dusty shop full of odd objects.

What is the A–Z Antiques shop?

200

To clean up Egypt, the girls pull these sharp, prickly plants.

What are weeds/thistles?

200

Melanie secretly removes this item to help April make a better impression at school.

False Eyelashes

200

The girls fear that the Professor might be watching them through this.

What is the dirty back window?

300

This 4-year-old carries a stuffed octopus everywhere.

Marshall

300

This fenced-in, weed-filled place becomes the home of the Egypt Game.

What is the storage yard? 


300

Marshall becomes the pharaoh with this special Egyptian-style name.

Who is Marshamosis?

300

The girls bond most strongly over this shared hobby.

Imagination

300

The girls discover that the base of this statue is hollow, making it the perfect secret hiding place for their sacred records.

What is the statue of Diana (with the hollow wooden base)?

400

This girl’s mother sends her to stay with her grandmother while she is on tour.

Who is Dorothea Dawn? (April’s mother)

400

This cracked item becomes the first altar inside the lean-to shed.

What is the broken birdbath? 


400

This Egyptian “villain” becomes the center of their more intense ceremonies.

Who is Set?

400

This behavior, which April uses with strangers, makes it hard for her to make friends.

The Hollywood Act

400

Daily Double: This is the real reason the Professor becomes the very first witness to the Egypt Game.

What is that he heard a noise while searching a storeroom and looked out the back window?

500

This character is represented by a plaster bust that becomes part of the temple altar.

Who is Nefertiti?

500

This decorated object becomes the sacred firepit for ceremonies.

What is the old metal mixing bowl?

500
What are 5 very helpful tips to manage your time and stay organized?
1.Carry a schedule and record all your thoughts, conversations and activities for a week. 2.Any activity or conversation that's important to your success should have a time assigned to it. 3.Plan to spend at least 50 percent of your time engaged in the thoughts, activities and conversations that produce most of your results. 4.Schedule time for interruptions. 5.Take the first 30 minutes of every day to plan your day.
500

April insists on calling her grandmother this instead of “Grandma.”

Who is Caroline?

500

This spooky object, stolen from a dog, hangs above Set’s altar.

A large dry bone