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Cam and Eric are sitting in the mall when an alarm goes off. Cam jumps onto a bench to get a better view and sees a man race out of the jewelry store. Cam knows that she has to act fast, especially after the police arrest the wrong person. It's up to Cam and Eric to catch the real thief.
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
Why is “Cam” the main character’s nickname?
Page 6 — It’s short for Camera since she has a photographic memory
6
Why didn’t Eric want to play memory games anymore?
Page 7 — He was tired of losing to Cam
7
Why do you think the alarm went off in the jewelry store?
Page 8 — Someone might have stolen something
8
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
Who came out of the store after the man ran out of it?
Page 11 — A couple with a baby and two elderly women
11
How did Eric get his baby brother to stop crying when the alarm was going off?
Page 14 — He fed him a bottle
14
How did the policemen know what the man looked like and which direction he went?
Page 15 — He asked the people outside of the store who saw him
15
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Who told Cam and Eric about what happened in the jewelry store?
Page 20 — The two elderly women who came out of the store
20
Who was yelling as Cam and Eric were talking to the elderly women?
Page 23 — the police had caught the man and he was yelling, "I didn’t do it! You’ve got the wrong man!”
23
What did the elderly women say about the man the police had caught?
Page 24 — They said he didn’t do it
24
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What did Cam think was strange about the couple who left the store with the baby?
Page 28 — They didn’t have a baby bag or anything, just a baby in a blanket and a rattle
28
What direction did the man go when the police let him go?
Page 30 — The same way the couple went when they left the store
30
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
What did Cam and Eric do, when following the man, as he stopped and looked at them?
Page 33 — kept walking right passed him
33
How did Eric keep Howie quiet while they were spying through the window at the man and couple?
Page 36 — Rocked the carriage
36
What made Howie cry after Eric left to go get the police?
Page 40 — an acorn that dropped out of a tree after a squirrel ran along a branch
40
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What was inside the baby rattle?
Page 44 — 81 diamonds
44
How did Cam trick the thieves while they were counting the diamonds?
Page 46 — She slammed the door to the room and jumped behind a bookcase in the room they were in
46
Why was Cam worried about Howie crying?
Page 49 — Someone would find them
49
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Who did Cam see in the window?
Page 51 — A policeman
51
How did Cam and Howie get out of the house and away from the thieves?
Page 52 — Cam ran to the open window and handed Howie to Eric, then climbed out herself
52
How did the police capture the thieves?
Page 54 — A policeman called to them with a megaphone and the thieves came out with their hands up
54
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
How did Eric’s mom feel when they weren’t in the mall with Howie when she was done shopping?
Page 56 — Worried sick
56
Why did the elderly woman think the couple with the baby should know the thieves were captured?
Page 56 — She was worried about them and didn’t know that the man and woman were the actual thieves
56
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