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Story Questions

1. 
   According to the story, the Martian keeps . . .
   
   1. 
      sleeping in Jordan’s bed.
      
   2. 
      sitting in Jordan’s chair.
      
   3. 
      wearing Jordan’s clothes.
      
   4. 
      waking up Jordan.
      
2. 
   Which sentence from the story helps you answer the previous question?
   
   1. 
      The Martian knew his name.
      
   2. 
      “I’ve been accused on many occasions of not having one!”
      
   3. 
      In first period, he almost got into a fistfight over the chair.
      
   4. 
      Jordan got strange looks when he would occasionally start talking aloud to the alien.
      
3. 
   What surprised Jordan about what the Martian wanted?
   
   1. 
      Jordan was afraid of the Martian.
      
   2. 
      He couldn’t imagine there would be enough to go around.
      
   3. 
      Jordan would be accused of stealing if he gave it to the Martian.
      
   4. 
      He wanted something Jordan said others didn’t think he had.
      

The Quest

“Now remember,” said Joshua’s mother, “I want you home at 2:30—no later than that. Understand?”

“Yes, yes, Mother, I understand,” Joshua said angelically. He wasn’t a big fan of school, especially these days, since they were studying Egypt. He slowly walked up the steps to his classroom.

“Oh, great!” said his friend Evan sarcastically. “We get to go hear Mr. Jones drone on and on about Egypt!”

A group of boys laughed and started to walk inside the classroom.

“All right, students, let’s begin the day with Egypt, shall we?” Mr. Jones called out. Almost all the students groaned inwardly. The class began reading out of their books. Before long, Joshua started to fall asleep. He kept drifting in and out until finally he was asleep.

Joshua felt something warm underneath his feet. It felt like sand. He opened his eyes to find that it was sand. He stood up and found that he was standing next to a pyramid.

“What?” He didn’t know where he was. Then he said under his breath, “I’m in Egypt, 2,000 years ago!”

Suddenly, someone yelled, “Hey, you get out of there right now, you tomb-robber! Stay right there, you ruffian!”

Joshua turned to run. He ran into the pyramid and glanced around. It was amazing. He decided that when he got back to Mr. Jones’ class, he better pay more attention.

Just then, a group of men came running at Joshua with their knives in the air…