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The Clue Crew travels with Nancy's dad and Hannah to Cape Mermaid, New Jersey. Nancy's cousin, Tessie, reveals a mystery for Nancy and her friends of a ghost who used to live in Cape Mermaid. Nancy and her crew take on the challenge, but she wonders why Tessie behaves so strange about it all.
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
Where do Nancy and her friends get to go in this story?
Page 3 — The beach, Cape Mermaid, New Jersey
3
What was Tessie holding when Nancy and the group got to the front door?
Page 4 — A purple video camera
4
How old is Tessie?
Page 3 — 10 years What about Amanda? 6 years
3
What are the names of Tessie’s friends?
Page 8 — Michaela and Emma
8
What was written on the wall in the attic?
Page 11 — Help Me
11
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Who did Tessie think wrote the message on the attic wall?
Page 12 — Rowena Ellison/ ghost
12
Tell me about Rowena Ellison.
Page 20 — Lived a long time ago, artist, hade a family, lived in Mermaid Cape
20
What role does Tessie play when she turns on her video Camera?
Page 21 — Journalist/ reporter
21
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
How did Mrs. Bishop respond when Tessie asked her about Rowena the ghost?
Page 23 — Angry
23
How did Mrs. Yamada the librarian feel about Rowena Ellison?
Page 26 — Dramatic, said she’d seen and felt her
26
What did Nancy think of Mrs. Yamada’s stories about Rowena?
Page 28 — Exaggerated and didn’t sound ghostly
28
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
How did Julio and Henry scare Nancy at the candy shop?
Page 31 — Touched her with a cold hand and whispered they were Rowena’s ghost
31
When the girls were at the beach, what did Tessie use to record their conversation on the ghost case?
Page 34 — Her Kidcam
34
Why did Tessie tell the Clue Crew they didn’t need a list of suspects?
Page 35 — Rowena’s ghost is real
35
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Where did Emma and Michaela see Rowena’s ghost?
Page 38 — At Rowena’s cottage in the window
38
Why did Bess offer to stay at the beach and watch their stuff when everyone else wanted to check out the cottage for the ghost?
Page 39 — She was scared and didn’t want to see the ghost
39
What did Nancy find in the sand behind the cottage?
Page 44 — A coin with a mermaid on one side and train or bus on the other
44
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did the girls think Julio or Henry couldn’t have been the ghost in the window?
Page 47 — she had long hair and was a girl
47
Why was Amanda upset she couldn’t have a sleep over with the girls?
Page 49 — She wanted to be a big girl too/ they were telling ghost stories
49
What did Nancy and Tessie hear that night after everyone else went to sleep?
Page 51 — Noises in the attic
51
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Who did Nancy and Tessie find in the attic when they went to check out the noises?
Page 53 — Amanda
53
What did Amanda do to make the bump noises Tessie and Nancy heard?
Page 53 — Bounce a ball
53
Why did Bess think Amanda couldn’t have written “Help me” on the attic wall?
Page 57 — Not old enough to write neatly
57
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did the Clue Crew realize was the picture on the gold coin?
Page 60 — A trolley
60
What did the trolley use to take as payment when people wanted a ride?
Page 62 — The tokens
62
What’s Mrs. Bishop’s first name?
Page 64 — Rowena
64
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why was Mrs. Bishop at her grandmother’s old cottage when Michaela and Emma walked by it?
Page 68 — She was making a list of things that need to be done to fix up the cottage
68
Why didn’t Mrs. Bishop want the girls to talk about Rowena’s ghost?
Page 70 — It’s hurting her efforts to raise money to fix up the cottage
70
Why did Nancy accuse Michaela of being the ghost?
Page 75 — She saw the Michaela had practiced writing Help Me in her notebook before she let Nancy borrow it
75
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Why did Tessie and her friends pretend there was a ghost?
Page 79 — They wanted to enter a film competition
79
How did Tessie and her friends make it up to the Clue Crew for lying to them?
Page 81 — Take them out for ice cream
81
What was Tessie and her friends’ consequence for deceiving the town?
Page 82 — Couldn’t their computers or watch television for the rest of the month
82
What did Tessie’s parents want her to make a film about for the competition?
Page 82 — Rowena Ellison’s life and her cottage
82
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