Study guide for detectives in togas (reading)

What is the setting of the novel?

• Greece

• Rome

• United states

• France

Who is the protagonist of the story?

• Rufus

• Caius

• Mucius

• Xantippus

What is the conflict of the story?

• Who wrote on the temple wall

• Why someone wrote on the temple

• Who ran the red light

• What someone wrote on the temple

What started the fight in the classroom?

• Rufus wrote on Caius' writing tablet

• Rufus wrote Caius

• Caius kept poking Rufus

• Caius said to Rufus you are a son of a coward.

Who arrived on a sedan chair?

• Some young guy

• A really short person

• A retired general called Ex-consol tellus

• A working general

What is missing from the classroom?

• A really important old flag

• A writing tablet that said "caius is a dumbbell"

• A writing utensil

• A coat

How did the boys know that Xantippus was in the wardrobe?

• They heard him talking

• They heard a muffled groan

• Someone told him

• They guessed

“One of them was a big, tall man; the other was short and spindly.” The use of the word “spindly” indicates that the other man was

• Over weight

• Skinny

• Homeless

• Dirty

Why was the burglar called “mathematical”?

• He loved math

• He stole math equations that are on a writing tablet.

• He took away the subject math

• He stole math textbooks

What did Xantippus mean when he said, “Your tongue will be your undoing one of these days,”?

• He will get in trouble for talking to much

• His tongue will get chopped off

• His tongue will get tied in a not and it will get untied

• He will get his tongue in a not.