45 pages 1 hour read

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Egypt Game

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1967

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Essay Topics

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How is Security used to drive the plot forward? What does the stuffed octopus symbolize? Does Marshall’s attitude toward Security change over the course of the novel?

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What parallels exist between the Professor and April? How do the two relate to one another? What lessons do both learn by the end of the story?

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Many of the novel’s characters experience isolation in some form. Choose three characters from the text and discuss how isolation affects each one. How does the Egypt Game resolve this problem for them?

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