Loot by Jude Watson

1. March pretends he’s a boy from Liechtenstein so he can

• become a new student at the Huntington-Chumley School.

• have tea at the embassy with Virginia Hayes.

• steal some money from a lady.

• run away from the Polestar House for Boys and Girls and not eat any more creamed corn.

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Right before Alfie died, he told March to “find jewels” because Alfie wanted

• March to find the jewels he had hidden in the apartment.

• March to find his sister.

• March to hide any evidence that Alfie was a jewel thief.

• March to have enough money to support himself.

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Oscar hid three moonstones…

• in a flowerpot on the terrace.

• under a mattress in a basement bedroom.

• in the bathroom under some towels.

• d. in a bag of peas that was in the freezer.

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Carlotta Grimstone told March and Jules that many years ago their parents stole her moonstones. She then told the kids that

• she’d tell the police that their parents also kidnapped her.

• th moonstones were cursed and needed to be buried.

• she’d pay them seven million dollars if they found them and gave them back to Carlotta.

• she thought Oscar hid them in a deserted house.

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The prophecy of the moonstones said that…

• Alfie would fall to his death on the night of a blue moon.

• the twins would die before their 13th birthday.

• March’s mom would be arrested by the police.

• and the twins would find and then lose a huge sum of money.

March tried to steal Dolores Leon’s special Widow’s Knot necklace, but…

• the security guards blocked him and he couldn’t grab the necklace.

• Dolores had already donated the necklace to a museum.

• somebody else stole the necklace before March could steal it.

• March dropped it as he was trying to escape.

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Alfie McQuinn died because he…

• accidentally slipped and fell off a roof.

• had a heart attack and fell off the roof.

• was pushed off the roof by March’s Aunt Blue.

• was pushed off the roof by Oscar.

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The kids stole a moonstone from a San Francisco lady named Blanche Pottage who had

• hidden it in her purse.

• hidden it on her dog’s collar.

• hidden it behind a famous painting.

• hidden it on her belt.

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Why did March throw the moonstones towards the lake?

• to break the curse.

• to keep Blue from getting the moonstones.

• so he could get a better grip on Jule’s arm.

• because he decided that the seven million dollars was not worth the danger.

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March, Jules, Izzy, and Darius had enough money for the rest of their lives because

• they found the seven moonstones, and so Carlotta gave them seven million dollars.

• Blue had gotten famous on YouTube and was supporting them.

• they found the Makepeace Diamond in a bar of soap and sold it.

• Alfie had left a duffel bag with several million dollars in it with Joey Dano, and Joey gave it to the kids.

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