WorksheetsMystery on the Docks
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Ralph
Short-order cook/hero
Eduardo
Opera Singer
Big Al
Criminal/Kidnapper
The setting of "no stars in the sky and a cold, clammy fog" gives the sense of ____.
suspense
happiness
loneliness
adventure
What mystery was Ralph trying to solve?
The Case of the Slippery Singer
The Case of the Missing Opera Singer
The Case of the Missing Diamond
The Case of the Busy Cook
Why was Ralph so interested in the case?
He always wanted to solve a mystery.
He lost his favorite frying pan.
His favorite opera singer disappeared.
He thought he'd be rewarded if he helped.
Why were the rats so suspicious?
They took a sack out of the trunk of a car.
They got on a boat.
They sung opera songs.
They wouldn't order any food from Ralph.
What was Ralph's plan to get off the ship?
Have Eduardo sing "Help!" and then a police boat would come.
Drive the ship into the rocks.
Have Eduardo the opera singer get in a lifeboat.
What is the central idea of the text?
A cook who always wanted to be a mystery writer.
A cook fries up the best hamburgers in town.
A cook saves his favorite singer from the clutches of kidnappers.
Kidnappers who decide to kidnap a cook.
What was Ralph's reward for saving Eduardo the opera singer?
He got to join Big Al's gang.
A new car.
A big, juicy hamburger.
Tickets to his next concert.
How did Big Al and his gang try to get away?
They dove under the water and drowned.
They got in a fight and fell into the water.
They rode their bikes out of town.
They ran into a house and hid.
What is the theme of the story?
Dishonesty
Selfishness
Courage
Family
