Mystery Unit Stories and Questions

Multiple Choice

Which could be a possible motive for stealing the master key from the zoo manager's pocket?NOT

• To free the wild animals from their cages

• To steal valuable items from the zoo's exhibits

• To play a prank on the zoo manager

• To test the security of the zoo

Multiple Choice

What is the key clue that led Detective Hanlon

to identify the thief in "The Mystery of the Central Park Zoo"?

• The man's back to the monkey cage

• The stolen master key

• The man's red handkerchief

• The monkey's behavior

Multiple Choice

What did Detective Hanlon notice when he entered the African Monkey exhibit at the Central Park Zoo in "The Mystery of the Central Park Zoo"?

• A man feeding the penguins

• A monkey stealing the man's handkerchief

• A locked cage with a missing key

• A crowd of visitors watching the giraffes

Multiple Choice

Who would be a likely suspect for stealing the master key to the Central Park Zoo's cages based on the passage?

• Detective Hanlon

• Jake Robinson, the zoo's manager

• The man with the red handkerchief at the African Monkey exhibit

• Someone who opposes keeping wild animals in zoos

Multiple Choice

What opportunity did the culprit have to steal the master key in "The Mystery of the Central Park Zoo"?

• While Detective Hanlon was in the African Zebra exhibit

• While Jake Robinson was feeding the African Monkeys

• While the monkey tried to grab the man's red handkerchief

• While the zoo's manager, Jake Robinson, was in his office

Multiple Choice

What is the most likely means by which the culprit stole the master key to the zoo's cages in "The Mystery of the Central Park Zoo"?

• The culprit stole the key from Jake Robinson's back pocket while he was feeding the African Penguins.

• The culprit reached through the bars of the African Lions exhibit and took the key from Jake Robinson's pocket and handed it to the culprit.

• The monkey in the exhibit stole the key from Jake Robinson's back pocket

• The culprit had a duplicate key and didn't need to steal the original one.

Multiple Choice

What was the greatest moment of suspense in the passage "The Mystery of the Central Park Zoo"?

• When Detective Hanlon entered the African Monkey exhibit

• When the monkey reached for the man's red handkerchief

• When Detective Hanlon received the emergency call about the missing master key

• When Detective Hanlon said, "I think I know where your key is."

Multiple Choice

Which of these could NOT be a likely motive behind the disappearance of Muffin Mountbank Golden, the champion Poodle, in the text?

• Personal vendetta

• Financial gain

• Sabotaging the dog show

• An honest trustworthy friend

Multiple Choice

Who was the first person to discover that Muffin Mountbank Golden, the missing show dog, was gone?

• Detective Hanlon

• Mrs. Donna Lang

• Harvey Lowell

• A hotel staff member

Multiple Choice

What opportunity did the culprit have to take the dog in "The Mystery of the Missing Show Dog"?

• When Harvey went to prepare the dog's dinner

• When Detective Hanlon entered the hotel

• When they were supposed to be in the show ring

• When they were outside for a walk

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about Harvey Lowell is supported by the text?

• Harvey used to be a detective before becoming a dog trainer.

• Harvey noticed that Muffin was missing after he was outside for a walk.

• Harvey lost his own dog in the Westminster Dog Show.

• Harvey has been searching for the thief dressed in casual clothes.

Multiple Choice

Zeke’s mom was probably not rushing to report the

missing building sets because

• She thought they would never be found.

• She knew where they were.

• She didn’t believe Zeke.

• She was too busy.

Open Ended

Why do you think there were boxes all over Zeke’s house?

Open Ended

Why does Evan think that there is a problem, even

though something was found, not lost?

Open Ended

List two clues that “Detective” Scooter Murphy might

investigate.

Multiple Choice

According to the story, which of the following probably

did NOT happen?

• Mrs. Taylor dropped the cookies.

• A squirrel took a cookie.

• Another kid stole some cookies.

• Mrs. Taylor had given the cookies to a friend who had

  dropped some pieces.