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Section 3

Chapters 10-14

1. List three main events from this section. Then write one sentence to describe what you predict will happen in the next section.

 

2. What kind of a sign was Marshall Asking for?

 

3. Why did the Egyptian kids get stuck at every house while -they were trick-or-treating?

 

4. What do you think Marshall meant on page 102 when he said, "somebody already hears us"?

 

 

5. Why do you think Toby and Ken followed the Egyptians that night?

 

 

6. In the chapter, "Moods and Maybes," April receives a letter from her mom.  Besides using the word "angry," list five adjectives that describe April's feelings as she read the letter.
 

 

 

7. Why did Toby want the group to get the hieroglyphics alphabet finished?

 

8. What do you think Elizabeth's reaction will be to the "Ceremony for the Dead"?

 

 

9. When Ken chose his Egyptian name, "Horemheb," there was no hieroglyph that meant "general," so he chose a picture of a sword. Can you think of another hieroglyph that would have been more suitable? Draw that symbol below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Using the knowledge you have acquired about ancient Egyptian civilization so far, do you think it was April or Ken who was correct about the direction in which hieroglyphs were supposed to be written? Explain your reasoning.