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Nancy and her friends win royal treatments at Prissy’s Princess Parlor. They go in for their makeovers and come out with blue hair that smells like rotten eggs. Nancy and the Clue Crew are on the move trying to find out who sabotaged the Princess Parlor and their makeovers.
Lexile reading level: 590L.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
What was the name of the new salon in town?
Page 1 — Prissy’s Princess Parlor
1
What’s the name of Nancy’s friend whose family owns the Mean Bean Health Food Store?
Page 3 — Kevin
3
What did Hannah want Nancy to pick up at the Mean Bean?
Page 4 — Deer repellant
4
What did George win when she guessed the number of peas under the mattress?
Page 12 — Makeovers for herself and her friends
12
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
How did George feel about winning the makeovers?
Page 14 — Didn’t want to go
14
Why is Marvin Dretzel upset about Prissy’s Princess Parlor?
Page 15 — He’s worried they’re going to be too loud and disrupt his yoga classes
15
Who was getting their nails done when the Clue Crew went in for the makeovers?
Page 18 — Suki and Ella
18
Instead of smelling like strawberries, what did the spray smell like?
Page 22 — rotten eggs
22
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What color did the girls’ hair turn?
Page 23 — Blue
23
Who was looking in the window of the parlor, then ran when the girls saw him?
Page 25 — Kevin
25
What did Prissy have to do with her Princess Parlor?
Page 29 — Close it down
29
Why was Trina angry at George?
Page 32 — George was supposed to play a game with her team and didn’t
32
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why did Trina turn into a suspect?
Page 33 — Her fingers were blue and she was mad at George
33
When the Clue Crew went to the parlor, what did they find in the garbage?
Page 36 — The stinky bottle
36
What did Wendy ask the Clue Crew to take to Marvin upstairs?
Page 37 — A note
37
What did the Crew Clue pretend to do yoga?
Page 40 — To check out Marvin’s yoga studio
40
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
How did the girls know Marvin didn’t sabotage Prissy’s Princess Parlor?
Page 46 — The note/ Marvin bought the Strawberry Spritz from the parlor
46
Who did Shelby see coming out of Prissy’s Princess Parlor the morning the Clue Crew went in for their makeovers?
Page 47 — Trina
47
How was Bess able to see the fingerprint on the stinky can?
Page 50 — Her magnifying specs
50
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did the Clue Crew want Trina’s fingerprints?
Page 51 — So they could compare them with the fingerprint on the bottle
51
How did they get her fingerprints?
Page 53 — Put glue on a ball and threw it to her
53
Why are Trina’s fingers blue?
Page 55 — She got some blue face paint from the parlor for the game
55
When Kevin was sitting on a swing, how did he react when he saw the three friends walking toward him?
Page 59 — Scared, ran away
59
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What experiment did the Clue Crew try to see if Suki and Ella rigged the Strawberry Spritz?
Page 63 — poured water from one bottle to another to see how long it would take
63
How did the girls find out where and when the Rad Scientists meet?
Page 64 — Internet on their website
64
What was on Nancy’s doorstep when she answered the door and no one was there?
Page 65 — A package
65
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What in the package that was on Nancy’s doorstep?
Page 67 — Granola bars
67
Who else got packages of granola bars?
Page 68 — George and Bess
68
What did George pour into the volcano?
Page 71 — Baking soda
71
When Ernst put into more baking soda and added vinegar to it, what was the reaction?
Page 73 — The thick liquid oozed over the table
73
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why did Bess think Suki and Ella were telling the truth when the girls said they didn’t sabotage the makeovers?
Page 76 — Suki’s and Ella’s manicures looked perfect and not messy
76
What had happened to the Clue Crew’s relationship with Suki and Ella in just minutes?
Page 77 — They became friends
77
Where did the Clue Crew realize the granola bars were from?
Page 79 — Mean Bean Health Food Store
79
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
What was Kevin digging in the back of the store?
Page 81 — An herb garden
81
What was in the bottle Nancy found in the dirt and Kevin tried to run away with?
Page 82 — Deer repellent/ same blue stinky stuff that was in the girls’ hair
82
Why did Kevin make the deer repellent?
Page 83 — He felt bad Mean Bean didn’t have what Hannah wanted
83
How did the bottle get taken to Prissy’s Princess Parlor?
Page 84 — Kevin’s parents took over some Strawberry Spritz and one of the bottles happened to have Kevin’s repellent In it
84
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