boring beach bag

Oliver swam up behind Nate and said he was looking for his _

• beach towel

• seashell

• sandals

• inner tube

Oliver left his beach bag on the beach while he went to _

• find Nate

• the Snack Shack

• Rosamond’s restaurant

• Esmeralda’s house

What did Nate notice about the sand near Oliver’s beach ball?

• It was not pressed down from a beach bag

• Something very heavy had left a big dent in it

• It was covered with footprints

• Someone had raked it smooth

What was on top of the crate at Rosamond’s Restaurant

• some seashells

• piles of sandwhiches

• her four cats

• glasses of lemonade

Annie said she and Fang were

• looking for the leash she dropped in the sand

• trying to find a place that served pancakes

• swimming out to the island the back

• running from one end of the beach to the other

What was Sludge holding in his mouth when Nate saw him?

• the soggy note

• a fence post

• Oliver’s bag

• Fang’s bone

What was the big blue bump in the water?

• Oliver’s ball

• Annie’s raft

• Nate’s swimming cap

• Esmeralda’s head

What was Esmeralda doing when Nate found her?

• looking for shells

• going home for lunch

• hiding from Oliver

• playing with Annie

To help him figure out the case, Nate _

• made a trail of dog bones

• drew a map in the sand

• wrote a note in the sand

• looked for empty bottles

What made Nate think it was the ball that had been moved?

• Oliver threw the ball to Sludge

• He saw Fang swimming after a ball in the water

• Rosamond said she had found a ball near her restaurant

• He was almost hit on the head by a beach ball