Mystery Terms Review

This was created when we heard footsteps walking toward the Maple Street residents but didn't know who it was. Tommy yells, "It's the monster!" and everyone panics.

• Suspense

• Clue

• Evidence

• Alibi

"I couldn't have robbed the store at 8:00 pm. I was asleep all night!" This situation is an example of what mystery term?

• Alibi

• Witness

• Suspense

• Foreshadowing

An unknown or problematic situation where logic and reasoning is used to try and determine a solution.

• Foreshadowing

• Mystery

• Red Herring

• Suspects

"I conclude it was Colonel Mustard in the living room with the candle stick!" This scenario represents what mystery term?

• Red Herring

• Evidence

• Sleuth

• Deduction

Les Goodman became this when his car suspiciously started out of nowhere.

• Sleuth

• Alibi

• Suspect

• Witness

Charlie accusing Tommy of being the "one who doesn't belong" was a ______________ to get the angry mob to stop being suspicious of him.

• Red herring

• Clue

• Evidence

• Mystery

Something that appears to give information towards solving a mystery is ____________________.

• a clue

• evidence

• a deduction

• an alibi

When one of the aliens states, "Their world is full of Maple Streets. And we'll go from one to the other and let the destroy themselves. One to the other...one to the other...one to the other-" this is an example of what mystery term?

• Mystery

• Foreshadowing

• Suspects

• Sleuth

An example of this mystery term could be DNA which has convicted and freed many suspects.

• Clue

• Witness

• Sleuth

• Evidence

"I heard the girls talking about spraying graffiti on the school's locker while we were on the bus." This is an example of what mystery term?

• Witness

• Alibi

• Deduction

• Suspense