how to Use this activity

®
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
TM
®
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
TM
How to Use This Activity
®
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
TM
®
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
TM
On-screen:Follow the directions provided at the top
of the activity. When you’re finished, check
your answers using the “Score” button and
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
print your work using the “Print” button.
®
®
TM
TM
E-mail:
When you finish this activity, you can
send your answers to your teacher. Enter
your teacher’s e-mail address on the line
at the top of the page and click “E-mail”
to send. If you use a Web-based program
like Gmail or Yahoo, save the document
to the desktop using “Save As” and
e-mail it as an attachment.
Click here to begin >
Need help with your interactive pdf?
Click here to visit our FAQ page.
P r i nt T h i s pa g e
Uses: Copy machine, opaque projector, or transparency master for overhead projector. Scholastic Inc. grants subscribers of Scholastic Scope permission to reproduce this page for use in their classrooms. Copyright © 2011 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.
12/09/2011
Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _____________
®
TM
®
Your teacher’s
e-mail (optional): ________________________________________________
E-MAIL
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
PLAY: The Curse of King Tut • Issue: October 10, 2011
TM
The Curse of King Tut Quiz
®
TM
®
TM
Directions: Read the play The Curse of King Tut, or click here to view a PDF of the story. Then click the bubble next to
the
BESTanswer
for each question below.
READ
WRITE
THINKCONNECT
®
TM
1.According to Tarik, why did a cobra kill
Howard Carter’s canary?
A as a warning not to enter Tut’s tomb
B to get revenge for Tut’s mysterious death
C to foreshadow Georges Bénédite’s death
D The snake was hungry.
®
READWRITETHINKCONNECT
TM
2.Which word BEST describes Carter’s attitude toward
“the mummy’s curse”?
A curiosity
C terror
B disbelief
D fury
3.What is the most likely reason the writer began the
play with Lord Carnarvon’s death?
A to help readers understand why Carter was
so determined to find Tut’s tomb
B to create a sense of foreboding and introduce the
idea of the curse
C to provide background information on archaeology
in the 1920s
D to raise questions about the cause of
Tutankhamen’s death
4. W
hat is the main purpose of the excerpt from
Howard Carter’s journal on p. 15?
A to describe how crowded the tomb was
B to increase readers’ interest in Egyptology
C to present Carter’s own words about the discovery
of Tut’s tomb
D to precisely explain the location of the
mummy inside the tomb
5.Which of the following characters does NOT
express the belief that the curse might be real?
A Alan Gardiner
C Lord Carnarvon
B Tarik
D Tony
6.Luxor is described as “a desolate place full of
sand and rock.” What does desolate mean?
A crowded
C uncomfortably hot
B lacking signs of life
D mysterious
7.In Scene 5, what is Reis Ahmed suggesting when he
says, “You must admit, because of Howard Carter,
Tutankhamen will live forever”?
A Carter and his team know special techniques
for preserving mummies.
B Tutankhamen’s soul will never be able to rest
because people will constantly be saying his name.
C Carter’s discovery of the tomb has made
Tutankhamen famous, ensuring that Tut
will never be forgotten.
D The curse brings the dead back to life.
8.What is the purpose of Scene 6?
A to show that people are still talking about
the curse today
B to describe how the contents of Tut’s tomb
are transported
C to convince the reader that no one is safe
from the curse
D to provide evidence that the curse is real
Directions: Type your answers into the text box below each question. Use complete sentences.
9.This play is a dramatization of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. List three events from the play that are based
on real life and explain how you determined this.
10. H
oward Carter spent many years searching for Tutankhamen’s tomb, knowing that whatever treasures he
discovered would not belong to him. Why do you think he would do this?
SAVE AS
Start Over
SCORE
Print
Uses: Copy machine, opaque projector, or transparency master for overhead projector. Scholastic Inc. grants subscribers of Scholastic Scope permission to reproduce this page for use in their classrooms. Copyright © 2011 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved.