The Mummy King

How many years ago did King Tut rule?

• 30

• 3

• 3,000

• 300

Becoming a king was a big event. Which text tells you that?

• Tut was known as the Boy King.

• The Nile River flooded its banks every year. Floods helped crops.

• He was barefoot. His head was shaved.

• Outside, kids and adults waited. They waited there for hours.

Adults helped King Tut rule Egypt. Why text best explains why?

• He was only nine years old.

• He might have had a fatal head injury.

• Workers made treasures for King Tut.

• Workers built new buildings.

The writer used a map to show...

• where tombs were built

• when gold was mined

• which items people traded

• how maps have changed

The Egyptians prepared King Tut's body carefully. The reason was that the Egyptians believed...

• King Tut would live again.

• the robbers would fear ghosts.

• King Tut would hurt them.

• the tomb would get cold.

A sequence is a list that shows the order of events. Which sequence is in the book?

• why people liked King Tut

• who King Tut's mother was

• what killed King Tut

• how they made King Tut into a mummy

The Egyptians may have thought hearts were more important than eyes. What evidence in the book supports that idea?

• The Egyptians waited a long time to see Tut get crowned.

• The Egyptians never ate the hearts of other animals.

• The Egyptians wore heart jewelry.

• The Egyptians threw out the eye while making a mummy.

The Egyptians were right to worry about robbers. How do we know?

• People have found tombs that had nothing left in them.

• Many tombs are close to temples.

• Bigger ships were built to carry gold.

• Robbers' bodies were buried in tombs.

Carter called King Tut's tomb "magnificent". Which word is like "magnificent"?

• wonderful

• freezing

• ancient

• dangerous

When the writer told what Carter found in the tomb, he told about King Tut's mummy last. What was the most likely reason for this?

• He thought the reader already knew about it.

• He knew the coffin was the hardest to open.

• He was saving the most important thing for last.

• He was listing the items from A to Z.