The Mystery at Granville Library

What is the mystery in the book that no one can explain?

• A book is missing from the school library.
• Daniel finds writing near the binding of a book that his friend's mom suggested.
• The librarian keeps disappearing each afternoon.
• Daniel's grandfather can't find his keys.

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How are Yuri, Bennett, and Daniel alike?

• They read a lot.
• They hang out at libraries.
• They like to solve puzzles.
• All of the ones listed.

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What is a riddle?

• the legal right to publish and sell a work
• a poem written about knights in old England
• a special type of English literature
• a puzzle to be solved

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Where does Bennett find the dark brown envelope?

• inside the Aeneid
• in the card catalog
• in the library's mailbox
• glued to the underside of a shelf

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Why do you think Daniel calls the book about King Arthur a treasure?

• He thinks it is worth a lot of money.
• He loves books and is excited to read this one.
• He thinks it has information in it that will make him rich.
• He thinks it is about a treasure.

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What is the boys' reward for solving the mystery?

• a treasure chest full of books
• an ancient set of maps of Rome
• a scholarship for each boy to go to college 
• entrance to the school's secret reading room

How is Daniel able to make sense of the clues?

• He looks up the answers on the internet.
• He asks his teacher for help.
• He uses his experience with solving word games.
• He asks the librarian for advice.

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What do the boys find when they open the book written by Walter Pater?

• a picture of the school janitor
• the title of one of the chapters underlined in pencil
• an acrostic poem on the front page
• a riddle written on the last page

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Which word means things kept hidden from others?

• treasures
• secrets
• patterns
• mysteries

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Why don't the boys want to tell Mrs. Montoya about the messages in the book?

• They don't want her to solve the puzzle first.
• They think she will be upset about someone writing in a book.
• They think she'd make them give the book to someone else.
• They think she will tell their parents they had done the writing.

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