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About This Passage
Mary Pope Osborne writes the queen's voice in formal, slightly old-fashioned English. The phrases 'I must pass through' and 'the horrors of the underworld' sound serious and ancient. Students will study how a writer can use formal language to make a character feel like they come from a different time.
Someone must find my book of the dead, she said. I need it to go on to the next life. Before I journey on to the next life, I must pass through the horrors of the underworld.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the story of this chapter. What were the most important moments? What made them important — and how do you know?
Discussion Questions
- Annie says yes to helping the queen before Jack can speak. The queen has just told them she has been waiting a thousand years. Annie's quick yes is consistent with how she has acted in every chapter so far. Has Annie's quickness ever been wrong, or does Mary Pope Osborne always reward it? What in the chapter makes you think so?
- The queen says her brother hid the book of the dead so tomb robbers would not steal it. This is an interesting choice — the brother was trying to protect his sister even though it meant she would have a hard time finding the book herself. Was the brother's choice loving or foolish? Use the chapter as evidence.
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
A woman who rules a country, often by inheritance from her family.
Item 2
The longest river in Africa, running through Egypt; the foundation of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Item 3
An ancient Egyptian writing system that uses pictures and symbols instead of letters to represent sounds and ideas.
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