Section 2: Chapters 6-9

Vocabulary (Pre-Reading)

Part 1: Below are sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.

  1. “The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten.”

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  1. “Marshall marched at the head of the procession and sprinkled holy water from a tuna can.”

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  1. “For a while he had only his incense burner, which was made of an old metal ash tray.”

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  1. “April had gone to the trouble of tricking an unfriendly dog out of the bone because it was so large and sinister looking; and it had just the right effect hanging there over the evil god, twisting and turning in the wind.”

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  1. “The next morning April and Melanie went dutifully down the little dark basement hallway and knocked on the door of the Chungs’ apartment.”

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  1. “Elizabeth and Marshall were languishing in the dungeon, tied hand and foot, victims of the priests of Set.”

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  1. “Afternoons and weekends, which usually rang with a medley of shouts and laughter and pounding feet, dragged by in a strange, uneasy silence broken only by the dull hum of traffic.”

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  1. “By the day before Halloween nearly all the kids at Wilson were signed up to go around trick-or-treating with some large, chaperoned group.

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  1. “She was wearing her Egyptian headdress and under her sheer jeweled robe she had on the short tunic made of a pillowcase.

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  1. “We are summoned by the mighty ones, the mighty ones of Egypt.”

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  1. “Each page was glued onto pieces of pole so it could be rolled and unrolled like a papyrus scroll.”

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  1. “But most surprising was her hair – it was cut short in a sort of Cleopatra bob.”

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Part 2: Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions. If there are words for which you cannot figure out the definition by contextual clues and by process of elimination, look them up in a dictionary.

___1.rituals

___2. incense

___3. medley

___4. sinister

___5. Cleopatra

___6. dutifully

___7. processions

___8. papyrus

___9. languishing

___10. tunics

___11. chaperoned

___12. summoned

  1. a mixture of different elements
  2. performing the duties expected or required of one
  3. becoming weak or feeble; fading
  4. called upon to do something specific
  5. an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
  6. Queen of Egypt, renowned for her beauty.
  7. a material on which to write, prepared from strips of a plant being laid, soaked, pressed and dried
  8. to attend or accompany a group in public
  9. an aromatic substance that produces a sweet odor when burned
  10. the line or body of people moving along in orderly succession
  11. a gown-like outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted
  12. bad, evil, or wicked

Activity – News Report

Pretend you are a reporter writing an article about the crime committed in the chapter, “Prisoners of Fear.” After discussing the chapter, write your article below based on the text evidence of how the crime happened and who might be guilty. Use the actual events in The Egypt Game as your foundation and remember to include any clues you found which led to your suspicions.

Clues from the Crime (text evidence) / Possible Suspects
News Article (write your full report of what happened here)

Study Guide Questions

Answer all of the questions using the text. This will help you review the chapter and prepare for the quiz.

  1. List three main events from this section. The write one sentence to describe what you predict will happen in the next section AND provide support from the text for your prediction.

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Prediction: ______

  1. Why did Melanie want to hide April’s false eyelashes?

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  1. What did Melanie’s dad say the reason was for Marshall never wanting to put down Security?

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  1. When the door to the Chang’s apartment opened, why did April ask the girl who answered the door “if her big sister was ready for school”?

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  1. Who did Melanie and April decide Elizabeth looked like?

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  1. After a little girl was killed, many people in the neighborhood suspected the same person. Who was that person and why did they suspect him?

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  1. Did April, Melanie, and Elizabeth believe that person was guilty?

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  1. What did the kids do to occupy their time when they could not go outside to “Egypt”?

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  1. What was the token “sent from the mighty ones”?

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  1. The Egyptians said that the “air would smell of mystery as they returned to Egypt.” What do you think that meant?

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