The Egypt Game

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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The Egypt Game Questions and Answers

What is the main problem in the book The Egypt Game?

Who is the murderer in The Egypt Game?

List all the steps that the Egyptians take to mummify Elizabeth's deceased pet.

What are some similes from The Egypt Game?

What present did the children give the Professor in "The Egypt Game"?

Describe how April conducts herself when she first meets Melanie in The Egypt Game.

In The Egypt Game, why is April at first concerned about the empty mailbox and then later concerned about Dorothea's latest letter?

In Chapter 9 of The Egypt Game, how is April's relationship to her grandmother improving?

In The Egypt Game, what is the main conflict?  

What are at least three things that they learn about oracles, and how do they incorporate oracles into the Eygpt Game?

In the book The Egypt Game, what are some similarities that April and Melanie share?  

In the Egypt Game, how would you describe the character of Ken Kamata?

What happens in Chapter 8 of The Egypt Game?

Who is Set?

Who was murdered in The Egypt Game?

In the book "The Egypt Game," what are the rising and falling action? I am working on a plot line, and there was so much that was rising and falling! It was a great book!

In "The Egypt Game," why does April come to Casa Rosada?

What are some similarities between April and Melanie in The Egypt Game?

Who was the first person chosen to ask the Oracle a question in The Egypt Game?

Discuss April's dilemma between "downright disobedient and deadly dangerous." What would you do in her place?

In The Egypt Game, how do the Egyptians react when they see an answer to Ken’s question from the oracle?

Why is Elizabeth so pleased with herself in The Egypt Game?

In The Egypt Game, why did Toby and Ken give April a nickname? What is it?

How did the professor stumble upon the Egypt game?  

What did Melanie's dad say the reason was for Marshall never wanting to put down security?

What is Melanie's symbol?

Why did April think she talked so much when she met the professor in The Egypt Game? What did she talk about?

How did the girls get Marshall to play "The Egypt Game"?

When does April's mom write her a letter in The Egypt Game?

What did Mr. Ross mean when he said, "Melanie, the cruelest month is here!" when April walked into their apartment? 

Describe Melanie's character in "The Egypt Game".

In the Egypt Game, is the Professor a static or dynamic character?

In the book The Egypt Game, chapter 10, "The Return to Egypt," what is the confusion about the word "sign"?

How are the following characters related to each other and the main character: Marshall, Melanie, April, Elizabeth, and the professor. How are they related not only in family, but also by thoughts and feelings?

What is Toby like in "The Egypt Game"?

Why doesn't Melanie from "The Egypt Game" worry when people call April "February"?

What are the conflict, climax, and rising action of The Egypt Game?

What made the girls start thinking about Egypt? It is in the book The Egypt Game. I can't find it—could you help me?

What is the climax in The Egypt Game?

Why doesn't April wear the false eyelashes with Melanie in The Egypt Game?

Why is April concerned about the empty mailbox, and then later concerned about Dorthea's lattest letter in The Egypt Game?

What was the secret omen?

What happens in Chapter 5 of The Egypt Game?

In chapter 5 of The Egypt Game, why is the game postponed?

How old is the item that April finds in the A–Z Antique and Curio Shop in The Egypt Game?

In The Egypt Game, why did April become Neferbeth?

What does Ken ask the oracle?

Can you describe April's character in the beginning of "The Egypt Game"? Why does she try to show off toward Melanie in the beginning?

What is April's nickname given to her by Ken and Toby? 

According to April, how did the people who were going to the oracle prepare themselves in The Egypt Game? Questions from The Egypt Game book.