Gasping Garbage comprehension quiz

The genre of The case of the gasping garbage is

• expository text

• realistic fiction

• tall tale

• biography

Doyle and Fossey had business card that said they were

• Magicians

• Garbage collectors

• Science Detectives

• Trash Inspectors

What did Gabby think was in her garbage when she called Drake?

• A raccoon

• A rat

• A cat

• A monster

Gabby stated she would call James Frisco if Drake and Doyle could not come over immediately. Who was James Frisco?

• A bad mad scientist

• A dumb 5th grader

• a weird genius

• An adult detective

What type of sounds came from the garbage can?

• gasping, belching, and burping

• rumbling, growls, roars

• singing, talking, moaning

• rattling, humming, screaming

What did the garbage can smell like?

• rotten eggs

• fresh-baked bread

• old fish

• roses

Why did Drake and Nell drag the garbage can back to Drake's house attic and sit it next to the heater?

• It was only empty space in the attic

• the heater was the same size as the garbage can

• to simulate the same environment

• Gabby's dad said to move it there

A hypothesis is a scientists________?

• educated guess

• observation

• analysis

• exact measurement

What is yeast?

• tiny fish scales used to make carbon dioxide

• tiny blood sucking monsters that eat people

• tiny plants that eat starches and sugars and used to make bread

• tiny monsters that grown in garbage cans

In the end of the story the detectives found the garbage can was making sounds because of the

• monster growing inside garbage can

• pure and simple yeast in the garbage can

• the cat had left a live rat in the garbage can

• a sugar plant dipped in carbon dioxide had spilled in the garbage can