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WorksheetsMystery Forensics PRE POST TEST 22-23
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
An excuse a suspect uses to show that they are not guilty
witness
clue
alibi
motive
A false lead
red herring
deduction
sleuth
evidence
A fact or object that helps to solve mysteries
suspect
witness
clue
crime
another name for a detective
victim
suspect
red herring
sleuth
A statement that is believed to be true but may not be
assumption
deduction
clue
motive
A person who investigates mysteries and gathers information
suspect
victim
detective
criminal
Something that helps prove who committed the crime
evidence
red herring
motive
witness
Something that is secret or unknown
mystery
red herring
sleuth
evidence
Using clues to arrive at a conclusion
witness
deduction
alibi
interrogate
To think someone is guilty without proof
victim
witness
suspect
deduction
Someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information
sleuth
detective
witness
perpetrator
a reason for doing something
suspect
mystery
alibi
motive
to ask questions
interrogate
suspect
deduce
alibi
an act that is against the law
crime
alibi
red herring
mystery
Which one is NOT an element of a good mystery (story)?
clues
detective dog
distractions
characters
setting
When do you meet the characters in a good mystery?
beginning
middle
end
never
Which one is NOT a type of fingerprint?
loop
stripe
arch
whorl
What does the F in AFIS mean?
forensics
fingerprints
foreign
friend
a person believed to have possibly committed the crime
suspect
victim
main character
witness
someone who is harmed or suffers some loss because of a crime
suspect
witness
victim
detective
A mystery can take place ________.
mostly under the water
mostly in the countryside
mostly in large cities
anywhere
True or False:
A book can only be a mystery if a crime was committed.
true
false
A red herring makes a mystery ______ to solve.
easier
possible
difficult
The detective works to solve the mystery by the ______ of the story.
beginning
middle
end
to study evidence in order to solve a crime
forensics
trichology
medulla
biology
a possible solution to a problem from analyzing data
observation
soluble
inference
hypothesis
a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
inference
deduction
observation
chromatography
when detectives use their 5 senses to collect facts to solve a crime
hypothesis
observation
inference
chromatography
Who was the book publisher that was visited and shown the mysterious pictures?
Harris Burdick
Peter Wenders
Chris Van Allsburg
Mr. Daniel Hirsch
What is the name of the author who put the mysterious pictures in book format in hopes of encouraging kids to write stories?
Harris Burdick
Peter Wenders
Chris Van Allsburg
Mr. Daniel Hirsch
What was something that was unique about the set of mysterious pictures?
They were drawn in watercolor.
They were large and laminated.
They had a signature.
The each had a title and a caption.
Who was Sherlock Holmes?
a British detective
an American detective
a British policeman
an American policeman
Sherlock Holmes' address was
10 Downing St. London
221B Baker Street London
100 Queen Street Aberdeen
1 Clova Cottage Scotland
Professor Moriarty is
Sherlock Holmes' friend
Sherlock Holmes' brother
Sherlock Holmes' housekeeper
Sherlock Holmes' enemy
Who is Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes' friend
Sherlock Holmes' enemy
Sherlock Holmes' brother
Sherlock Holmes' father
Who is the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories?
Chris Van Allsburg
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jack London
Harris Burdick
The Sherlock Holmes series was written in
1950
1900s
1800s
2001
Sherlock Holmes series has
60 stories
50 stories
70 stories
90 stories
"The Final Problem" is
the name of a book by the writer's friend
the name of the last story of Sherlock Holmes
the name of a plan of the British Army
the name of the plan during WWI
What is forensics?
a sport
a science
an instrument
a lesson
something that is ___________ can be dissolved in water
measured
soluble
waft
inference
a liquid used for dissolving another substance is called a _____.
cheiloscopy
medulla
solvent
disinfectant
to move vapors around
solvent
waft
measure
infer
Trace evidence is something detectives can _______ in order to help solve a crime.
measure
observe
throw out
draw
the study of hair samples to help solve a crime
chromatography
cheiloscopy
trichology
cosmetology
separating out materials from a mixture
measure
soluble
chromatography
waft
identifies humans based on lip traces
trace evidence
chromatography
observations
cheiloscopy
Dactyloscopy deals with the study of _____.
dinosaurs
lip traces
fingerprints
shoe prints
Three of the six standards of a good mystery story: the ______ must be a worthy opponent, the _____ must be available to the reader, and the ______ must appear early in the story.
crime, detective, criminals
criminal, clues, suspects
suspects, crime, clues
clues, suspects, detective
Another standard of a good mystery story: the solution must be ________ and _______.
impossible and believable
possible and unreal
reasonable and possible
impossible and unreal
