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1 What is the main topic of the passage?

The ancient Egyptians
The Egyptian politics
The Egyptian culture
✔ The Egyptian mummification

2 Which of the following is NOT true about the mummification?

taking out the organs
drying out the dead body
✔ rubbing the body with cloth
placing the body in a tomb

3 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A pyramid was a place where the king’s body.
Mummification was practiced in Egypt for hundreds of years.
✔ It was believed that life in heaven was better than life on earth.
The ancient Egyptians believed that they could have a chance to be reborn on earth.

4 Which of the following best fits in the blank of the passage?

✔ their dead
their tombs
their pyramids
their clothes

Visualize the Text

Complete the map with the words from the passage.

Mummification Keeping a dead body from

The Egyptians 1 Taking out all the organs of a dead person
believed the
dead could be 2 Drying out the dead body
born again.
3 Rubbing the body with oils

4 Wrapping the body with special cloth

5 Placing the body in a tomb in a pyramid

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