Chameleon Wore Chartreuse, ch. 4-5

Put the following events in the order they happened:

• Shirley hires Chet to find Billy

• Chet breaks into Mrs. Toaden's room

• Billy disappears

• Chet asks Mrs. Toaden questions about Billy

• Chet finds a clue in Billy's desk

What is the real first name of our Private Eye?

• Chet

• Chester

• Checkers

• Chuck

Mrs. Toaden said that Chet was her best student of all time.

• True

• False

Match the following

• to make a deep rumbling sound when angry

• growl

• to make a low hoarse sound like a frog

• mumps

• too much praise

• croak

• to leave behind with no plan to return

• abandon

• a disease that causes glands to swell

• flattery

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Things Chet used his tongue to do:

,

(b) Things Chet used his tail to do:

• to pick the lock on Mrs. Toaden's door

• to catch Billy's excuse note

• to catch a fly

How does Chet get Mrs. Toaden to answer his questions about Billy?

• By bribing her with money.
• By blackmailing her.

• By tricking her into answering.
• By asking her directly.

Chet found something in Billy's desk that was covered in X's and O's. What did he say it looked like?

• like a crazy spider crawled into an inkwell and danced the Funky Chicken across the paper

• like a game of tic-tac-toe gone wild

• like a love note from a salamander

How did Chet get sent to the principal's office?

• He tricked his teacher into sending him there.

• He was caught cheating on a test

• He was being punished for skipping class.

• He got in trouble for picking the lock in Mrs. Toaden's door

What is the name of the school principal?

• Mr. Hero

• Mr. Zero

• Mr. Nero

• Mr. Gyro

Match the following words to their definitions:

• to recover good spirits or energy

• ruins

• a reaction people do without thinking

• perk

• covered with scales

• sneer

• a look on the face that shows disrespect

• scaly

• the remains of a building

• reflex