The Trash Detectives

What part of the book lists the chapters and their titles?

• Table of Contents
• Glossary
• Index
• Summary

The main character/characters in the story is/are__________________.

• Vera
• Mario
• Vera and Mario
• Mr. Jackson and Vera's father

Where does the main problem of the story take place?

• the park
• at the zoo
• at school
• at the doctor's office

What is the main problem in the story?

• There was a large amount of trash on the ground near the pond in park.
• Mario and Vera got lost walking home from school.
• The neighbors were throwing chicken bones and corn at them.  
• It started to rain on their way home from school. 

How many different times did Mario and Vera see the trash on the ground when they decided that they needed to be detectives?

• 1 time
• 2 times
• 3 times
• 4 times

What was the first thing they did as detectives trying to solve the case?

• They talked to people in the park.
• They took pictures of the trash.
• They made a list of all the garbage on a piece of paper.  
• They stopped a police officer to ask for help. 

What does it mean to canvass the neighborhood?

• It means that they will go from home to home asking questions.
• It means they will draw a picture.
• It means that they will sing to the neighbors.
• It means that they will put the trash in the neighbors' yards.

Why did Mario fall to the ground?

• He tripped over the trash.
• He twisted his knee.
• He stepped in a ditch.  
• He stepped on his shoe string.

Mario and Vera saw tire tracks.  What kind of vehicle did they think made those tracks?

• a pickup truck
• a garbage truck
• a neighbor's van
• a tractor and a wagon

After they saw the garbage truck hit the ditch and dump out the garbage for a third time, what did they do to fix the problem?

• The stopped the garbage truck driver, and told him not to drive over the ditch.
• They called a police officer and told him to give the driver a ticket for littering. 
• They called Mr. Jackson and told him to fire the garbage truck driver.
• Mario found a park worker and showed her the hidden ditch.  Then the worker repaired it right away.