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1 Dear Parents and Teachers: This study guide for The Cat of Bubastes (by G.A. Henty) includes vocabulary words and discussion questions for every chapter in the book. Use all the questions or just a few, depending on your student. Remember that you can have your student answer the questions aloud, so that they do not have to write out every answer. At the end of some of the chapter questions, you ll find a guided activity that relates to the story. The page numbers for these activities are list in the Table of Contents. This is a great book for learning about life and times of Ancient Egypt. I hope you and your student enjoy using this study guide with The Cat of Bubastes. Wendy Toy Copyright 2013 All rights reserved. Permission is granted to make copies of this study guide for use in your homeschool or classroom ONLY. 2

2 Table of Contents Vocabulary and Discussion Questions Page Chapter One 4 Chapter Two.. 8 Chapter Three.. 13 Chapter Four.. 16 Chapter Five.. 19 Chapter Six. 22 Chapter Seven. 25 Chapter Eight 28 Chapter Nine.. 31 Chapter Ten 35 Chapter Eleven. 38 Chapter Twelve 40 Chapter Thirteen. 44 Chapter Fourteen 46 Chapter Fifteen 48 Chapter Sixteen.. 51 Chapter Seventeen 53 Chapter Eighteen.. 57 Chapter Nineteen.. 59 Chapter Twenty.. 62 Activity Pages Page Egypt Notebooking Page. 7 Phalanx.. 11 Standard Bearer. 12 Pyramid Research Egyptian gods Cats of Egypt Sarcophagus.. 42 Sarcophagus Report.. 43 Upper and Lower Egypt. 55 Nile Research.. 56 Book Report Form. 65 Summary

3 Chapter One Vocabulary 1. rendered 2. pretension 3. battlements 4. appertaining 5. quivers 6. foray 7. profusion 8. formidable 9. courtiers 10. causeway Other vocabulary words: 4

4 Chapter One Discussion Questions 1. What characters do you meet in chapter one? 2. What is the setting for the story? 3. What is happening at the opening of chapter one? 4. Why is this battle important to Amuba? 5. How old is Amuba? 6. for the Egyptians are terrible as archers. What does terrible mean in this sentence? 7. What gives Egypt her strength? a. b. 8. How did the king attempt to protect his son in battle? 9. What is the name of the kingdom? 10. How do the Egyptians look upon the oxen, cat, ibis and other creatures? 5

5 11. What do the Rebu and the Persians worship? 12. How does the king feel about this battle? 13. What is a faggot in this story? (Use a dictionary to look up the definition.) How is it used? 14. What seemed to make the Egyptians stronger than the Rebu? 15. Describe what happened to the king during the battle. 6

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7 Chapter Two Vocabulary 1. convey 2. principally 3. prevailing 4. ramparts 5. phalanx 6. surmounted 7. contingents 8. expedients 9. commencement 10. embattlements More vocabulary words: 8

8 Chapter Two Discussion Questions 1. What was the name of the charioteer who protected Amuba and saved his life? 2. What did Jethro tell the two horsemen to do since the king was not able to give commands? 3. How did Jethro get Amuba s mind off his fear about his father? 4. Why was the city in turmoil when Amuba and the other chariots arrived? 5. Why did Amuba ask his mother to lay aside her grief? 6. In the morning, why did the woman carry stones to the wall? 7. How large was the Egyptian army? What were some of the nationalities of these men? 8. Each company carries its own standard. What is a standard? What was a standard bearer? 9. What does Victualling so huge an army mean? 9

9 10. Why did Jethro say he felt as a child might feel when watching a man perform feats of strength? 11. What were the sharp metallic sounds they heard? 12. What did the Rebu do against the attack? 13. What did the Egyptians do to try to counter the Rebu attack? 14. What is a siege? 15. What did Amusis believe the Egyptians were going to do? 16. Name three ways in which the leaders of the Rebu protect Amuba either physically or emotionally. a. b. c. 17. What do you learn about their religion? 18. Name the Egyptian king. 19. Personification. This literary device gives human characteristics to something that is nothuman. One example is referring to a country as she. Can you find an instance of this? 10

TEST 1. Name and class: I Write the colours. a) _ l e) _ r b) g f) _ h _ c) y _ g) _ u l _ d) b w _ h) _ c k. II Finish the sentences.

TEST 1. Name and class: I Write the colours. a) _ l e) _ r b) g f) _ h _ c) y _ g) _ u l _ d) b w _ h) _ c k. II Finish the sentences. TEST 1 Name and class: I Write the colours. a) _ l e) _ r b) g f) _ h _ c) y _ g) _ u l _ d) b w _ h) _ c k II Finish the sentences. a) Pete is Jimmy s _. b) Anna is Jimmy s. c) Mrs Brown is Jimmy s. d)