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Characters
Plot Events Part 1
Setting
Vocabulary
Misc.
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This character can be described as a friendly and caring 6th grader.
Who is Melanie?
100
What is the thing Marshall is constantly with?
Security, his stuffed octopus.
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Where is April originally from?
Hollywood
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What does Integrate mean?

combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole.

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Why did Melanie believe that "Deadly dangerous" and "downright disobedient" wasn't going to convince April not to go to the Egypt game

She saw that April had even cut her hair to look like Cleopatra, she was to invested into the game.  

200
This is Ken and Toby's nickname for April at school.
What is February?
200
Who do the Egypt kids meet on Halloween? What are they dressed as?
Ken is a monster with a hunchback and an expensive mask, gloves, and monster feet. Toby is a box guy with ads plastered all over him in appropriate places. His dad helped him create the costume.
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Where did the Egypt kids decide to make their Egypt, be specific?
In the unused lot behind the Professor's antique store.
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What does Straggled mean

move along slowly

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Why does Marshal call his Octopus security 

It makes him feel safe 

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This character is surrounded by mystery and vilified role in this section of the book.
Who is the Professor?
300
Describe what the Egypt kids do during their game?
They pretend that they are being chased by spies. They also perform ceremonies, decorate altars, and perform rituals.
300
Describe the living situation of the Egypt kids, and what is the name of it?
The Egypt kids all live in the same apartment building but on different floors. The name of the building is the Casa Rosada.
300

What is the definition of Treacherous ?

awful, traitorous 

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Explain why the phrases "downright disobedient" and "deadly dangerous" get stuck in Melanie's head.
They get stuck in her head because April suggests that they sneak to Egypt on Halloween night. Melanie feels nervous about it, not only because it is blatant disobedience, but also because the killer is still on the loose.
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Give TWO examples of how Dorothea is self-centered and not good at her family position.
1. She hardly ever writes to her daughter, April. April has received only one letter in a month. 2. She has shipped her daughter off to live with her grandmother, without asking April how she feels and removing her from everything she knows. 3. Dorothea continuously avoids answering April's one question, when can she return home?
400

On Halloween April and Melanie plan to sneak into Egypt during ?

Trick or treating 

400
Describe the altar of Nefertiti.
Nefertiti's altar is made out of a birdbath, and has a bust of Nefertiti in it. She is surrounded by pretty things like stones, candles, and beads.
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What does accumulated 

gather; build up

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Why does Mr. Ross call April the cruelest month 

From a long poem by T.S Eliot 

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Who is Neferbeth, what is the origins of her name.

  • Elizabeth because she looks like Nefertiti
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What is the omen that the Egypt kids receive on Halloween night?

A shooting star after they went trick or treating.

500
Describe the altar of Set.
Set's altar is ugly and made out of clay. They surrounded the clay Set with ugly things like painting of spiders and snakes, a dry bone, and the Crocodile Stone.
500

What does Reluctant mean 

unwilling and hesitant

500

Describe why Chapter 8 is called titled "Prisoners of Fear?" This is the chapter that the game was put on hold

The Egypt Game is put on hold because there was a little girl murdered in the area and the murderer was still on the loose. Her body was found in the marshland nearby. There was no suspect. All of the parents keep their children inside of their houses out of fear. The children are like prisoners of their parents and their fear.