Comprehension Questions – Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #14 The Zoo Crew

The Zoo Crew

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; Lexile 550L; AR pts: 1.0

The Clue Crew spends some of their summer vacation attending a Zoo Camp.  They get to make toys and snacks for the animals and help clean the petting zoo.  But there's trouble when the enrichment toys go missing and chimpanzees show up at the animal hospital sick.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What kind of camp did the Clue Crew go to during their summer break?  Zoo Camp   p. 1
  2. What animals is Bess scared of?   Snakes and bugs   p. 1
  3. What did the chimpanzees do when Kevin threw a dish like a Frisbee to them?  Started throwing their dishes around the room   p. 11

Chapter 2

  1. What was the Clue Crew first project at camp?  To make enrichment toys for the animals   p. 16
  2. How did Abby feel that Team Panda got to make toys first and her team had to clean the petting zoo?    Angry      p. 18
  3. What’s the mystery the Clue Crew’s going to solve?  Where the missing toys are that Team Panda made   p. 25

Chapter 3

  1. Why was Team Weasel on the Clue Crew’s suspect list?  They were mad at them for getting the toy job   p. 27
  2. What clue did George find in the rabbit hutch?  A rope with a carrot on the end   p. 30
  3. Who likes to invent new toys?  Ethan   p. 30

Chapter 4

  1. What job did Team Panda get on their second day of the Zoo Camp?  Making snacks for animals  p. 32
  2. Why did the Clue Crew use the excuse of the “buddy system” to go to the supply house for more baskets?  So they could sneak into the Discovery Den and look for the toys   p. 35
  3. How did George get into the locked Discovery Den?  Climbed up a tree and went through the window   p. 36

Chapter 5

  1. What did George slip on in the zebra pen?  A banana peel   p. 43
  2. How did Nancy know that Vinnie didn’t share his cotton candy with the chimp?  The chimp’s teeth were blue, Vinnie ate yellow cotton candy   p. 45
  3. Which of the Zoo Campers wants to be a veterinarian?  Marnie   p. 48

Chapter 6

  1. Why didn’t the Clue Crew learn anything on their stake out?  They fell asleep   p. 52
  2. What fun enrichment toy did Ethan make for the elephants?  A peanut piñata   p. 54
  3. Where did Ethan go swimming?  In the seal pond   p. 57

Chapter 7

  1. How do the zookeepers feel about Ethan’s toys?  They like them   p. 59
  2. What was Team Panda’s responsibility the last day of Zoo Camp?  To clean the petting zoo  p. 63
  3. What kind of animal has footprints like the ones the Clue Crew found?  Chimpanzee   p. 65

Chapter 8

  1. What did Bess do with the footprint so she could have a copy of it?  Poured plaster over it   p. 67
  2. What did Vinnie put inside his ball for the gophers and groundhogs?  Green jelly bean   p. 68
  3. During the party, where did the Clue Crew follow Marnie to? Panda toy cupboard   p. 72

Chapter 9

  1. Why was Marnie trying to get a Frisbee out of the panda toy cabinet?  To give to a sick animal at the hospital   p. 74
  2. Where had Marnie been going during the night when she’d sneak out?  Animal hospital   p. 75
  3. What did the Clue Crew see when they looked at the chimp’s x-ray?  The beanie ball Vinnie made for the smaller animals    p. 78

Chapter 10

  1. Who took the enrichment toys?  The chimps   p. 83
  2. How were the chimps able to get out of their pen?  They could lock and unlock doors   p. 80
  3. How did Ethan stop the chimps from running through the zoo and getting sick again?  Made a banana peel jump rope they all wanted   p. 85