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Test A

The Egypt Game

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

 

The Egypt Game Book Cover

Test B

Define each word and write the sentence of the first occurrence of the word and page number you found the word on.

Section 1 Chapters 1-5

Nefertiti

evasive

petrified

Syrians

pharaoh

heir

reincarnation

corrugated

hieroglyphics

escapades

monoliths

dead-pan

haughty obliged    

 

 

 

 

Section 2: Chapters 6-9

rituals

sinister

processions

tunics

incense

Cleopatra

papyrus

chaperoned

medley

dutifully

languishing

summoned

kookiness snout ambushed fink

 

 

 

 

Section 3: Chapters 10-14

astonishment angular parroted cocky

liable

prostrated

trance-like

unwieldy

convulsions

fiendish

humanity

warily

omen

philosophically

diplomacy

swagger

  "off the hook"  

 

 

 

 

Section 4: Chapters 15-19

rendezvous

grottoes

solemn

spectator

populace

pilgrimage

oracle

brine

dahlias

consternation

bier

supernatural

 

 

 

 

Section 5: Chapters 20-23

rasped

alabaster

gloat

Egyptologist

alibi

primitive

exasperated

anthropology

bewildered

province

seclusion

gypsies