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It's a very snowy day outside and Cam and Eric's class head to the computer lab. Cam, Eric and Danny can't do any work because three computers are missing! There are only two clues: footprints in the snow outside, and a locked window. This mystery seems impossible to solve, but with Cam Jansen on the case, the thieves don't stand a chance!
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 are so many parents taking their kids to school?
Page 1 — It’s snowing
1
Why did the bus driver, Mrs. Lane, turn off the engine to the bus before they got to school?
Page 3 — There’s a long line of cars, that aren’t moving, leading to the school
3
Why do people call Jennifer, Cam?
Page 5 — It’s her nickname for her photographic memory
5
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
How did Beth feel about Danny’s jokes?
Page 10 — She didn’t like them
10
What was missing in the computer lab?
Page 12 — 3 computers
12
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Why didn’t the thief take the new printer when he stole the computers?
Page 14 — He couldn’t fit it through the window
14
Why did Beth write the clues on the chalkboard?
Page 17 — To help them remember then and to help solve the mystery
17
Why was Eric so confident that Cam could solve this mystery?
Page 19 — Because she’s solved other mysteries
19
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Why is Danny in the school office more than the secretary?
Page 23 — Because he gets in trouble a lot
23
How does Danny think the thief stole the computers?
Page 24 — Used a big magnet to unlock the window from the outside, climbed in, then took the windows out through the window
24
What’s Cam’s theory?
Page 25 — That there are two thieves, one handing the computers to another outside
25
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
How did Mrs. Bell feel about her computers being stolen?
Page 30 — Upset; she didn’t care that kids were being loud
30
What two doors did Cam and Eric check to see if they could find where the thief entered the school?
Page 32 — The gym doors and back door
32
Who’s also asking questions and trying to figure out the mystery?
Page 33 — The two policemen
33
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why did Eric want to go inside so badly?
Page 37 — It was cold outside
37
Why was it easy for the thieves to get away?
Page 37 — There were so many people at the school that morning
37
How did Mrs. Adams show kindness to Cam and Eric when they came back into the school?
Page 38 — Let them warm up by her heater and gave them pretzels
38
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Who does Cam think stole the computers?
Page 46 — A person in a blue car
46
How does she know?
Page 48 — A blue car left from the back of the school during the morning drop off
48
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
What did Beth say Danny was guilty of when the police came towards them?
Page 54 — bad jokes
54
What’s the good news the police officers gave the kids?
Page 54 — They found the car and computers were still in the trunk
54
What did Dr. Prell give to the class as a reward for finding the computers?
Page 56 — Ice cream cups
56
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