Egypt's Golden Boy Upfront Scholastic Dec 12. 2022

Howard Carter found King Tut’s tomb in ___.

• 1648

• 1772

• 1901

• 1922

King Tut ruled Egypt for ___.

• 10 years

• 40 years

• 60 years

• 90 years

According to the article, the discovery of King Tut’s tomb ___.

• generated much criticism

• sparked a fascination with Egypt

• remained a secret for many years

• garnered little attention at the time

Which of these inventions came from ancient Egypt?

• a calenda

• surgical instruments

• an early form of paper

• all of the above

In the first section, David Silverman says, “The whole story, to me, is pretty incredible.” His tone can best be described as ___.

• awestruck

• concerned

• defiant

• grim

In the section “The Boy King,” the author says, “Deep inside the tomb, the biggest find of all awaited.” By biggest find, the author is referring to ___.

• jewelry

• Tut's mummy

• a golden chariot

• a dazzling statue

The author says that people in the U.S. “went wild for all things associated with Tut.” Which detail does the author include to support this point?

• “Herbert Hoover, later a U.S. president, even named his dog King Tut.”

• “Tut’s tomb was smaller than those of other pharaohs.”

• “Carter and a team of Egyptian workers spent the next 10 years carefully cataloguing and removing more than 5,000 artifacts.”

• “The find also encouraged more archaeological work in the Valley of the Kings.”

The author says that the discovery of Tut’s tomb “put ancient Egypt on the map.” This line contains ___.

• a simile

• an idiom

• hyperbole

• personification