Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #8 Lights, Camera…Cats!

Lights, Camera…Cats!

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 2-4; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 1.0

The Clue Crew goes on vacation to Hollywood, California and gets to be on set with a famous feline.  The cat disappears and the Clue Crew is on the case trying to find out who kit-napped the movie star.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. Where did the Clue Crew go on vacation?  Hollywood, CA   p. 1
  2. Why did the girls get to go to Thunderchickens Studio and get a tour of the movie set?  Nancy’s dad had an appointment with the director of the movie   p. 4
  3. Who is the star of the movie, The Aliens Next Door?  Fluffington, a cat   p. 8

Chapter 2

  1. What’s the big yellow stray cat’s name that was in the studio?  Honey Mustard   p. 10
  2. What’s unusual about Honey Mustard?  has 6 toes on each paw   p. 10
  3. Why does Tucker want to use only computer generated images of animals in movies?  Real animals are too unpredictable   p. 13
  4. What was covering Fluffington when Nancy and her friends first met her?  blue paint   p 16

Chapter 3

  1. Who put the blue paint on Fluffington?  Beezil   p. 19
  2. Why were Nancy and her friends getting their hair and makeup done at the studio?  They were going to be extras for the movie   p. 23
  3. Tell me about Beezil.  He’s a trouble maker, 12 years old, director’s son  p. 20

Chapter 4

  1. What happened to Fluffington?  She disappeared   p. 25
  2. What did Beezil leave behind when he left the girls to go make a call?  His backpack   p. 30
  3. What did the Clue Crew see in Beezil’s open backpack?  Catnip  p. 30

Chapter 5

  1. What was Beezil’s excuse for having the catnip?  He bought it last night to give to Fluffington so his dad wouldn’t be mad at him    p. 35
  2. When the Clue Crew were relaxing by the pool, what were they discussing?  Fluffington’s case   p. 36
  3. What’s a motive?  A reason for doing something   p. 37

Chapter 6

  1. How was Mr. Banner going to make the movie without Fluffington?  Computer generated images of Fluffington   p. 41
  2. What did Tucker have on his arms and what covered his shirt?  Scratches and cat hair   p. 43
  3. How did Nancy take the cat hair off Tucker’s shirt?  Stuck a piece of tape on his shirt and pulled it off   p. 45

Chapter 7

  1. Whose birthday party did Nancy and her friends get to go to?  PomPom’s/ the dog star   p. 46
  2. Why did Tucker have scratches on his arms and hair all over his shirt?  His girlfriend got a new cat and it scratched him   p. 52
  3. Why didn’t Mr. Banner want Fluffington’s disappearance to get in the newspaper?  It would make a lot of people mad   p. 49

Chapter 8

  1. What did the Clue Crew find by the green exit door on the floor?  a red bowl   p. 60
  2. What was in the bowl?  Fluffington’s cat food   p. 60
  3. Why did Nancy want to check out footage from the security camera?  Maybe it caught what happened to Fluffington   p. 63

Chapter 9

  1. What did the Clue Crew see on the tape that made everyone think Felicity Katz took Fluffington?  She lured Fluffington out of the exit door with food   p. 67
  2. Why did Ms. Katz want to get Fluffington out of the building?  To get a paw-tograph  p. 70
  3. What did Ms. Katz say happened to Fluffington?  She took off with a huge yellow cat/ Honey Mustard   p. 70

Chapter 10

  1. Where did the paw prints lead to that Nancy found?  To a tugboat  p.  76
  2. What did Nancy see through the window of the tugboat?  Fluffington, Honey Mustard and kittens  p. 77
  3. Why did Fluffington disappear?  She wanted to be alone while having her kittens   p. 77