How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
If the secret and mysterious land of Egypt was fascinating in the daytime, it was doubly so at night. Dimly lit by a distant streetlight, two flashlights and a jack-o'-lantern, it was almost too fascinating to bear. (10.34)
Even though the kids are the ones who have set up the land of Egypt, they're still struck by how amazing it is when they return on Halloween night. The whole place has an even more mystical quality than it did when they were just pretending it was an ancient, faraway place. That's pretty dang mystical.
Quote #5
It turned out that Toby wasn't kidding—he really did go for the Egypt Game. He wanted to hear and see everything, and that first afternoon he somehow managed to talk the girl Egyptians into doing all their ceremonies and rituals over for him to watch. (13.28)
Once they're invited to play, the boys totally lose their urge to make fun of the Egypt Game. In fact, Toby sits down and asks the girls everything that they do and know. He respects what they've done so far, and has a thirst for history of his own.
Quote #6
It was the way he threw himself into the part that came as a shock to the girls. He was so different from what he was at school. At school he was Toby the cool-cat sophisticate; and now, suddenly, hew as Toby, the grief-stricken ancient Egyptian. (15.16)
The other kids are kid of amazed at how much Toby throws himself into the Egypt Game. He transforms into a completely new person when he gets into the rituals. Chances are he'd never want the other cool cats at school to see him moaning and shrieking as a character in the game.