The Egypt Game

Comprehension Questions
By Daniel Gutierrez Moreno and Julian Russi 7B
Chapter 1: The Discovery of Egypt
1. Who owns the Antique store?
The Professor runs the store called A-Z Antiques, he is an strange man that makes/provides fear and
discomfort to others, especially children.
2. Where is the store located?
The store is located in a californian avenue, Orchard Avenue, in a large university town. The setting is in
the mid - 1960s.
3. How do people in the community generally feel about the Professor?
The community thought that The Professor is very mysterious and dangerous, it is because nobody knows
much about him, his past or his real name and he creeps them out.
4. Who first witnesses the Egypt Game?
The first that witnesses the very beginning of the Egypt Game is the Professor. One day of September he
saw three children from the neighborhood squeezing through the opening in the fence. He saw them
playing in the backyard to being egyptians or other characters.
5. What are the names of the three children the Professor watches through the window?
The three children that The Professor watches outside, are April Hall, Melanie Ross and Marshall Ross.
6. What is Marshall carrying with him?
Marshall carries with him his octopus, named Security.
Chapter 2: Enter April
1. What does April Hall sometimes call herself?
Her name was April, but she often called herself April Dawn. April Dawn seems much more grown up,
glamorous, and mature than just plain April.
2. What is the name of the building where April comes to live?
Aprils mother sends her to her grandmother house called Casa Rosada meanwhile she was in tour. Casa
Rosada was built in the 1920s and is described as an old a Spanish-style house with roomy apartments, it
has three floors, and thus higher as most of the other buildings in the area.
3. Who is Dorothea?
Dorothea is April`s mother who is a Hollywood actress, Dorothea is a singer and wannabee actress,
touring with bands and playing supporting roles in movies. Her stage name is Dorothea Dawn. It seems
she love her daughter, but she doesn't spend too much time with her daughter because of her job.
4. Who is Caroline?
Caroline is Aprils grandmother who will be in charged of her meanwhile her mother Dorothea is in a
tour. She lives in a university town, on the third floor of the building named Casa Rosada, she works in a
library, and wears clothes which April describes as "boring business suits".
5. What happened to Aprils father?

In the first part of the book, they mention April fathers death as an accident, but what really happened
was that he was killed in a Korean War, that was the reason why April couldnt meet him.
6. Where does Caroline work?
Aprils grandma works in a library,
7. Who is April supposed to check in with before leaving the building?
When April leaves the building, she is supposed to "check in" with, Melanie, Mrs.Ross, and Marshall's
mom.She checks in with them because they think that if it's their building, they should be able to know
where April goes at what time.
8. What does April purchase from the drug store?
April purchased fake eyelashes from the drugstore because she wanted to make her appearance look more
mature and grown-up. She was starting a new school, so she decided it would be a good opportunity to
pretend to be more than who she is.
9. Why is April impressed by the man at A-Z?
April is impressed by the man at the A-Z shop because of how old his antiques are. Some are as old as
2,000 years. While April was talking to the professor, she tells him that she wants to be an archeologist
when she grows up.
10. What does April tell the man she wants to be when she grows up?
She wants to be an archeologist.
Chapter 3: Enter Melanieand Marshall
1. Why is Melanie hopeful as she knocks on Apartment 312?
Melanie hasn't had a friend her age in her apartment in a long time. When she hears that a new person is
moving in her apartment building, she jumps at the chance to greet her. Melanie is hopeful when she
knocks on April's apartment door hoping to meet a new friend.
2. What is Melanies initial reaction when April opens the door?
When April opens the door, Melanie is speechless. April is wearing a fur stole, her hair is bunched up on
top of her head, she is carrying a huge plastic bag, and the most intriguing things are her eyebrows. The
one on the left is up higher and it is in a different direction than the one on the right.
3. Why doesnt April think Melanie will like her?
Melanie thought April would be a normal girl that she could relate to, but April didn't want to meet
Melanie in the first place. She acted very mature and grown-up.
4. How does April first describe her mothers job to Melanie?
She is very exaggerated, maybe because she doesnt want to accept her reality and show a different image
to others, that is the reason why she exaggerate some details about her mother job, she describes her
mothers job as something perfect. This can be evidenced in the book, when April tells Melanie that her
mother is very famous and that she is a superstar, but this is not true at all, Dorothea is a singer and a
wannabe actress (she is an extra).
5. What is Melanies favorite occupation?
Melanie`s favorite occupation or hobby is reading books and playing her secret hobby.
6. What does Melanie keep hidden in the dull-looking old geography book?
She kept it hidden because she was afraid of what other people think about her hobby of playing
imaginary games.

When April first saw the book, she laughed. After Melanie explained why she had them, though, April
quickly became interested. Melanie realized that April was the one friend she had with a strong
imagination. Melanie and April became close friends after April's discovery.
7. How does April react to Melanies secret hobby?
At first she thinks she is ridiculous and that those games are very babyish for her; however, at the end, she
ends up liking it.
8. What name does Melanie give to the games that the girls play?
Melanie gives to the imaginary game a name, Egypt Game.
Chapter 4: The Egypt Girls
1. Where do Melanie and April go almost every day in August?
Melanie and April go almost every day to the library, researching the land of Egypt.
2. How do April and Melanie earn the name the Egypt girls?
Melanie and April go very frequently to the library, researching the land of Egypt; so for this reason all
the people called them the Egypt Girls.
3. Why are April and Melanie worried about the start of school?
School is about to begin, and April is nervous about facing a new class in a new school. Melanie, on the
other hand, is worried about how her classmates will react to April's haughty and stuck-up "Hollywood
attitude", as she can already see that April does not make the right kind of impression on children of their
age. Melanie tries to dissuade her from at least wearing the fake eyelashes, but fails.
4. What aspect of Aprils appearance most concerns Melanie?
Melanie hates the fake eyelashes. She knows the Wilson school kids won't like it and neither does she. On
the way back from the library they met some future schoolmates and Melanie could tell they didn't like
April's Hollywood act. She is very nervous how school will go with April and her fake eyelashes.
5. What reason does April give Melanie for her feelings about Caroline?
April never wears her fake eyelashes to the library because she still has trouble reading through them, but
puts them back on when her grandmother comes home. Melanie once asked her why she did that, and
April said it's because they annoy her grandmother. It then occurred to Melanie that April didn't like her
grandmother very much.
6. What do April, Marshall, and Melanie find in the deserted yard that April considers a
beautiful messenger from out of the ancient past?
When April and Melanie discover the old, deserted yard, they find the bust of Nefertiti inside the lean-to
shed. That is what April considers "a beautiful messenger from out of the ancient past".
Chapter 5: The Evil God and the Secret Spy
1. Who does Melanie suggest might be watching them through the window?
Melanie suggests that the Professor might be watching them through the window. Since they are in the
storage yard of his Antique Shop, he is able to see through a dusty old window in the back of his store.
The girls realize there is a curtain that blocks the view and they are relieved to know that he is not
watching them. They believe that he doesn't even use the room where the window is, however they are
wrong.
2. Who do the girls appoint pharaoh?
The girls appoint marshall, melanie's little brother, as the new pharaoh.

3. What do they name the pharaoh?

They name the pharaoh Set, who I think was a powerful egyptian ruler, who was evil.
4. Why does Marshall agree to play the game?
Marshal agrees to the game because the girls insist that he should be the Pharaoh, who is the king and
ruler of all the Egyptians. Everyone would be his slave. Marshal agreed to these terms and asked when
they needed him. They said not for a while so he would be a junior high priest for the time being.
5. Who is Set?
Set, or Seth, is an Egyptian god. He is the god of storms, deserts, chaos, and war. According to Egyptian
mythology, Set killed and mutilated his own brother, Osiris. Despite that horrible deed, Set is not always
an evil god. Often he is portrayed as the protector of Ra. In all cases, Set has a human body and some
kind of animal head, but the type of animal head has changed throughout the mythology.
6. Where do the girls get the rules for the Egypt game?
Melanie and April wanted to learn more about Egypt, so they did. They went to the museum to see what
they could learn. They went to the library. There they learned rules and traditions about Egypt. They soon
brought this into the Egypt Game. All the rules used in the Egypt Game were taken right out of ancient
Egypt itself. Melanie and April started the rules of the Egypt Game to be followed.
7. What happens unbeknownst to the girls after they throw the boxes over the fence?
After the girls timidly through the boxes over the fence, the sound of the boxes hitting the floor was loud.
Suddenly, the curtain was opened and you could see the professor watching them through his window.
They were hoping that he wouldn't see them but after the piercing sound it was almost impossible for
anyone to ignore.
Chapter 6: Eyelashes and Ceremony
1. Why is April having trouble concentrating the day before school is to begin?
April knows that the first day of school will be hard for her, but knew thought she shouldn't care what
people thought of her because she thought that Dorothea would send for her soon.
2. Why is Melanie having trouble concentrating?
Melanie was having trouble concentrating because she knew both of April's sides and the one she would
put on at Wilson's school was one that Wilson School wouldn't be able to handle. April acted all adult and
pretended she was all Hollywood for the adults or people she didn't know.
3. What does Melanie take from Aprils room? How?
April was still wearing her fake eyelashes and Melanie couldn't talk her out of leaving them at home
when school started. While she was in April's room, Melanie noticed that April's eyelashes were just
sitting on her dresser. Melanie decided to ''steal'' them. Since they were very sticky, she just swept her
fingers over them, and they stuck like glue to her fingers. She only stole them because she was trying to
protect April from the kids at school because she knew they would think she was weird. The kids would
make fun of her because of the way she dressed and acted.
4. How do the sixth graders at Wilson respond to April?
At first April schoolmates didn't like her. She acted to grown up and they didn't appreciate it. However,
later her schoolmates start liking her because she is daring.

5. What nickname do Toby and Ken give to April? Why is it important?

2 boys even gave her the nickname of february.Even though they were teasing her name Melanie was a
bit happy about this. This is because it meant the kids were exciting her because that isnt a nickname that
you would give to just anyone from any school.
6. What do Isis and Nefertiti represent?
The "Egypt Game" really begins to take shape: they make two altars, one for Isis, the god of love (who is
represented by a plaster bust of Queen Nefertiti), and the other for Set, the evil god (whose statue was
made of clay by the girls themselves). They decorate the altars with various objects, such as flowers,
stones, figurines and candles, and they paint stars on the fence.
7. How are the rituals of the Egypt game recorded?
The rituals of the Egypt Game were supposed to be recorded in April and Melanie's version of the
hieroglyphics, but since they weren't finished with them, they recorded the rituals in English.
8. What is the Crocodile Stone? What do the girls do with it?
The crocodile stone is a stone that April found on the sidewalk. It looked like more than just a rock, and
from a certain angle it looked like a crocodile, so they put it at Set's altar because crocodiles were one of
the animals Egyptians feared.
Chapter 7: Neferbeth
1. Who moves into Casa Rosada in September? How old is she?
Elizabeth moves into the Casa Rosada.She is nine and is in 4th grade. She seems lonely so once April And
Melanie decided to walk her to school, they soon find out that she is a very interesting kid. They soon
decided to let her into the Egypt game and she fits right in with everyone else, and is also excited to play.
2. Who does Elizabeth look like to April and Melanie?
Elizabeth reminds April and Melanie of Nefertiti for her beauty.
3. Why do April and Melanie ask Elizabeth to join the Egypt game?
April and Melanie both ask Elizabeth to join from a suggestion to be friends with Elizabeth from
Melanie's mom, soon Elizabeth is as important to the game as they are.
Chapter 8: Prisoners of Fear
1. How does Elizabeth respond to the Egypt game?
April and Melanie think of Elizabeth as the perfect addition to the Egypt Game. They thought she was
exactly what they needed to make it perfect. She was always throwing admiring comments and was crazy
about the Egypt game even though she didn't have many ideas and didn't know much about the ancient
history because she was still young.
2. What name do Melanie and April give to Elizabeth in the game?
The group thought she looked just like the Egyptian queen Nefertiti so they combined that name with her
own and from then on called her Neferbeth.
3. What puts a temporary stop to the Egypt game?
While playing the Egypt Game, Mrs. Ross started frantically calling, "Melanie!", "Marshall!" over and
over. The girls and Marshall quickly and soundlessly slipped out of the backyard. Mrs. Ross took all 3
kids to her house. She was very uneasy and she was thinking about something important; Melanie just
knew it. Then Mrs. Ross explained that there had been a murder in the neighborhood. Mrs. and Mr. Ross
forbid Melanie and Marshall to go out of the house. Caroline also agreed. The Egypt Game would have to
go on hold for a while.
4. Who does the community believe is guilty?

The whole neighborhood was blaming only 1 person for the unfortunate murder: the Professor. Nobody
knows enough about him to please his innocence, so they all believe he is guilty.
5. Who organizes the efforts to invite the Professor to leave?
After the little girl was found dead, many people had different suspicions of who did it. Of course the
Professor was a big hit. Mr. Schmitt even went so far to make a campaign to make the Professor leave the
neighborhood.
6. How do the players continue the Egypt game when they are confined to the Casa Rosada?
After the tragedy of the ending of the Egypt Game, April has a terrible feeling weighing a ton on her
back. She realized she only got one letter from her mother in the whole month of August. April begins to
realize that she will be in Caroline's town longer than she thought. April starts to get upset and has a hard
time keeping her mind on something to do. All she can think about is the Egypt Game, but she know she'll
have to wait to play her beloved game.
7. How do accusations against the Professor affect his business?
This very much affects his business, because now he only gets an occasional shopper that won't even go
by him. His only other customer is travelers from other towns that don't know about him or the crime.
8. What changes do the players notice in Egypt when they stop by briefly?
When the members of the Egypt Game stop by briefly in Egypt, they notice that the Crocodile Stone
moved a tiny bit over which they thought was a definite sign of its sinister power. They also noticed that
the flowers on the altar of Nefertiti stayed fresh much longer than they had expected, as if a compliment
to her beauty.
Chapter 9: Summoned by the Mighty Ones
1. Under what circumstances are the kids in the neighborhood allowed to trick-or-treat?
Parents still do not let kids play outdoors, and they have to go to school in large groups. It looks as if
Halloween trick-or-treating was ruined, but eventually, some parents volunteer to take large groups of
trick-or-treaters around the neighborhood.
2. What is Aprils plan for revisiting Egypt?

The Egypt Game kids come up with their plan; they're going to sneak away during the trick-ortreating and visit Egypt.
3. What costumes do April, Elizabeth, Melanie, and Marshall wear for Halloween?
Egyptian Costumes they created
4. What token does April claim Set and Isis have sent to the players as a summons?
They pretend to be summoned by the ancient gods Isis and Set. On Halloween evening, they dress up in
their costumes and leave to join the group.
5. What are the players watching for as they trick-or-treat?
A secret omen that will cue them to return to Egypt

Chapter 10: The Return to Egypt

1. Who do the girls run into while trick-or-treating?
After the incident, no parents want to allow their children to go out trick-or-treating by themselves. So a
few parents agree to take a few children around the neighborhood and watch them as they go trick-or-

treating. They sort of save Halloween because if they weren't there to take the kids around, they would be
sitting in their room instead of going around the neighborhood trick-or-treating.
2. Describe Ken and Tobys costumes.
Kens costume was a hunchback with monster hands, feet and mask. In the other hand Tobys one was a
box man.
3. What does the Egypt gang claim to be the secret omen?
A shooting star.
Chapter 11: Egypt Invaded
1. What does April declare the Crocodile God demands for sacrifice?
They need to do the sacrifice for being forgiven for being absent too much time out.
2. What does Marshall mumble under his breath after April tells him not to yell?
He was afraid due to the sacrifice of the Crocodile God.
3. What do the players decide to use for sacrifices?
The player decide to use one or two hairs or a shred of fingernails.
4. What happens at the end of the Ceremony of Sacrifice?
It was just about the best ceremony theyd ever had, and it was a shame to end it; but Melanie was just
thinking that perhaps it was time to leave when suddenly she heard Elizabeth give a gasp of pure terror.
Following Elizabeth's gaze, Melanie was horrified to see a huge misshapen figure teetering on the top of
the high board fence. The figure teetered wildly in the dim light , and then sprang forward to land in a
horrible threatening crouch, right in the middle of Egypt.
Chapter 12: Elizabethan Diplomacy
1. Who enters Egypt uninvited?
Toby and Ken with his Halloweens costumes.
2. Why does Elizabeth invite the boys to join their game?
For making the Egypt Game continue being secret and doesnt be revealed by the boys.
3. Who does Melanie credit with saving the Egypt game after outsiders discover the games
existence?
April credits Melanie of saving the Egypt game after outsiders discover the games existence.
4. Why does Melanie think that Elizabeths method is successful?
Because the two boys didnt tell anything and this situation is better than giving up the game entirely.
Chapter 13: Moods and Maybes
1. Why do Melanies parents argue about the kids playing outside?
Melanies parents still reluctant to let the children outdoors because of the murder case, but they finally decide
to allow them as long as they stay in larger groups.
2. Why is April in a bad mood?
April is in a bad mood due to she got a letter from her mother Dorothea, telling that she married her manager
Nick and moved in with him. She states that there is no room for April, and plans to send April's remaining
things to Casa Rosada.
3. What kind of list does Toby ask the girls to make? What does he plan to do with it?
A list of the names that everyone will have in Egypt.
Chapter 14: Hieroglyphics

1. What do Toby and Ken bring to Egypt?

Toby and Ken bring several objects to the storage yard to decorate the "temple", such as rubber insects, a
dagger, an animal skull and a stuffed owl. The girls use them to decorate Set's altar.
2. Who is Thoth?
Thoth is an owl named after the bird-headed god of wisdom and writing.
3. Why does Toby think they should finish the alphabet of hieroglyphics?
For making secret private messages.
4. What do the players want to purchase with the money they earn?
Things for the game.
5. List the players Egyptian names and hieroglyphic symbols.
Toby: Ramose
Ken: Horemheb
Melanie: Aida
April: Bastet
Elizabeth: Nefertiti
Marshall: Marshamosis
6. Who is Petey?
Elizabeths pet
Chapter 15: The Ceremony for the Dead
1. What happens to Prince Pete-ho-tep?
He was the son of the queen Neferbeth he was death.
2. How are the high priests of Anubis chosen for the ceremony?
The priest of Anubis will be Ken (Horemheb) and Toby (Ramose)
3. How long does Toby think the mummification ceremony might take?
He think it will take 5 or 6 days.
4. Who is the chief mourner?
Elizabeth that was also the Queen Neferbeth or Queen Mother.
5. Why do the players become less cautious?
Because they feel secure that anybody is going to tell the secrets of the Egypt Game.
6. What knowledge does one very small Egyptian keep to himself?
Chapter 16: The Oracle of Thoth
1. What gets the players interested in the topic of oracles?
Because Mrs. Granger talk about the oracles in her class.
2. Who comes up with the idea of using Thoth as the oracle?
Toby had the idea.
3. Who asks the first question?
Toby ask the first question.
4. Why does Ken think the rest of the players are crazy?
Ken think that everyone was crazy about using Thoth as the oracle will reveal secrets.
Chapter 17: The Oracle Speaks

1. Who performs the ceremony of Returning to the Oracle for the Answer?
Bastet (April) performs the ceremony.
2. What does Ken ask the oracle?
Will I be a big league star someday?
3. Who do the Egyptians argue about the oracles answer?
April was the one that argue about the oracles answer?
Chapter 18: Where is Security?
1. What does Marshall leave in Egypt?
After the kids return home, Marshall notices that he lost Security, his plush octopus.
2. What does April ask the oracle?
April checks the message and finds that there is another answer. She'd asked when she was going home
again. The mysterious answer: the best thing to do is to make wherever you are look as much like home
as possible.
3. How do the Egyptians react to the oracles answer?
The kids are spooked. For all they know, there's a very inspiring ghost writing messages to them. They
even discuss stopping the game altogether.
4. What does Marshall ask the oracle?
Marshall bursts in that they can't stop, and that he has a question to ask. He needs to ask about where
Security went.
5. Who is most worried about Marshalls question to the oracle?
Melanie.
Chapter 19: Confession and Confusion
1. Why does Toby call April at home?
For making a confession.
2. Why does Toby fake injury?
When the girls remind him that the killer is still at large and he might have been murdered, he also reveals
that he did see a person in the alley last night and ran away.
3. What does Toby confess to April and Melanie?
At school, Toby confesses to April and Melanie that it was him writing the Oracle's answers.
4. How does the oracle answer Marshalls questions?
When they perform the ceremony, though, the paper says something in old-fashioned handwriting. It tells
them to look under the altar of Set.
5. Why was everyone surprised by the oracles response to Marshalls question?
The kids check the altar of Set and, lo and behold; here's Security! Toby swears up and down that he
didn't write that, and the girls believe him.

Chapter 20: Fear Strikes

1. Who wants to ask the oracle another question?

The "Egyptians" continue to visit the storage yard, but they do not perform ceremonies or consult the
oracle.
2. Why are Marshall and April alone in the Rosss apartment?
One evening, there is a concert at the university, and Mr. and Mrs. Ross decide to attend. They take
Melanie with them, but leave Marshall at home, and ask April to babysit him
3. Why do Marshall and April go to Egypt alone?
Melanie lost her book, shefears that her school record will be ruined for not doing her homework, so she
plans a short visit to "Egypt" to recover the book.
4. What happens to April after she climbs through the board in the fence?
April is attacked from behind. She grabs at the board on the fence and tries to hang on. The man has her
mouth covered.
5. What does April wonder about Marshalls behavior as she is being attacked?
Marshall sees everything but can not move. The police question Marshall but he won't talk. April asks
him questions and he says he knows the man who attacked April.
6. Who finally calls for help?
The Professor.
7. What happens to Aprils attacker?
He escapes, then they notice he is mentally ill and he goes to a mental hospital.
Chapter 21: The Hero
1. Where do Marshall and April go after leaving Egypt?
They go to the police station.
2. Who is Inspector Grant?
He is the police that ask April and Marshall about the attacker.
3. How does Marshall describe the man who grabs April?
April says she did not see him, but Marshall reveals that it was a robust man with orange hair and spotted
skin, and they identify him as Mr. Schmitt's cousin.
4. Who does Marshall identify as the man who called for help?
She grabs at the board on the fence and tries to hang on. The man has her mouth covered. Marshall sees
everything but can not move. The professor is looking out the window and starts yelling for help.
5. What does April call Caroline for the first time?
She calls Caroline grandma
6. Who is the man who commits the crimes?
Mr.Schmitts cousin

7. How does Marshalls participation in the capture change his behavior?

The newspapers present the case in detail, and Marshall is regarded as a hero for identifying the criminal.
Chapter 22: Gains and Losses
1. What happens to the land of Egypt after April is attacked?
The loose board in the fence of the storage yard behind A-Z Antiques is boarded up, so the children
cannot visit "Egypt" anymore.

2. What is the Professors real name?

His name is Dr. Huddleston
3. Who begins working at the Professors store?
Elizabeth's mom is working at the shop now to help out the Prof.
4. What objects does the Professor show to April?
Dr. Huddleston comes over to greet April, and shows her a hieroglyphic from an Egyptian tomb. Needless
to say, she finds this very impressive.
5. To who did the items the Professor showed to April once belong?
They belonged to the Professors wife.
6. How does April respond to Dorotheas letter?
April receives a letter from her mother, inviting her to a holiday in Palm Springs, but she refuses to go.
Chapter 23: Christmas Keys
1. Who asks to see the Egypt gang on Christmas Eve?
On Christmas Eve morning, Caroline gets a phone call from the Professor asking to have the kids from
The Egypt Game gather at Caroline's apartment after dinner that day so that he can see them.
2. What reason does the Professor give for wanting to meet with the group?
The Professor tells the Egypt gang the story of his life, how he lost his wife, that he couldn't bear to live
in the house they shared, and how he eventually came to live in the store that Anne had bought just prior
to her death.The Professor tells the kids that, after he had been suspected of the neighborhood girl's
murderer, he had fewer and fewer customers, which gave him more time to watch their game. He
apologizes for spying on them but found the game most interesting. Then the Professor makes a startling
admission.
3. What is the Professors former profession?
He was a professor teaching anthropology, and traveled a lot with his wife to research native tribes and to
try to improve their living conditions.
4. How did A-Z store get started?
Dr. Huddleston worked as an anthropologist and his wife Anne planned to open the A-Z store as an outlet
for native handicrafts. After Anne is killed, Dr. Huddleston became reclusive and broke all contact with
the outside world. He kept the A-Z store open though, but neglected it, and instead of native-made
objects, he started selling second-hand junk.
5. What information does the Professor give about the oracle?
He also reveals that he frequently watched the six children playing in the storage yard to see that nothing
was damaged or no fires were started, and he confesses that it was him writing the Oracle's last message.
6. What does the Professor give each member of the Egypt gang?
Dr. Huddleston gives them keys to the padlock so they could enter the storage yard through the door.
This is his Christmas present to the six kids.
7. Why does April feel sad after the children receive their keys?
She feels sad because of Egypt, because she misses it and she express that it would not be the same.
8. What question does April pose to Melanie at the end of the novel?
She asks: "What do you know about gypsies?"