The Search for the Sunken Treasure: Australia

by Elizabeth Singer Hunt

Grades K-3; Genre - Fiction; GRL P; AR pts: 2.0

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. What was Alfie’s mission as he swam
   to the wreckage? He was to remove any sand covering the bow of the ship,
   bring up any relics he found, and hand them over to the State Maritime Museum
   p.4
2. What happened to Alfie after he saw
   the sand removed from the bow? Someone came up and shot him in the leg with
   a spear p.5

Chapter 2

1. What was Jack up to at the beginning
   of this chapter? He was at a swim meet getting ready to swim the
   breaststroke p.7
2. How did Jack’s rivalry respond when
   Jack won the race? He wouldn’t shake hands with him p.12
3. Why was Jack so worried to get home? He
   didn’t want to be late for his 7:30 appointment with Whizzy p.14

Chapter 3

1. How did Jack feel after his race? Tired
   p.15
2. Where was Jack going on his mission? Australia
   p.17

Chapter 4

1. What did Jack take to stop from being
   sick on the boat? Anti-puke pills p.20
2. What did Harry need Jack to do? Find
   Alfie and figure out what happened at the wreckage p.24

Chapter 5

1. What did Jack use instead of the
   diving equipment Harry brought out for him? His own breathing apparatus and
   a morph wet suit complete with slippers p.26

Chapter 6

1. How does the Time Capture device
   work? It tracked the heat left behind from objects that had previously been
   there p.31
2. What did they see happened to Alfie? He
   was taken away by another human p.33

Chapter 7

1. What’s a cay? A tiny island of
   sand p.35
2. What was near the cay? A pirate
   ship p.37
3. Why did Harry need to stay with the
   boat? In case Alfie escapes and comes back to the boat p.40

Chapter 8

1. What gadget did Jack have that formed
   into a mini-submarine? A plastic toy boat p.42
2. What’s it called? The Egg p.42

Chapter 9

1. When were the pirates going to kill
   Alfie? At nightfall p.46
2. How did Jack find out where Alfie
   was? He used his x-ray glasses to see into the boat p.47

Chapter 10

1. What did Alfie tell Jack when he
   removed the tape off of his mouth? There were cameras in the cell and the
   pirates probably saw Jack and will kill him p.52
2. Who was the Komodo Klan’s secret
   boss? The beautiful woman with giant lizard tattoos on her arms p.53
3. What did the woman do to Jack? Shot
   him with a spear gun with poison goo p.55

Chapter 11

1. What were the pirates going to do
   with Jack? Feed him to their Komodo dragon, Woody p.58
2. Why couldn’t the pirates open Jack’s
   bag? They needed his fingerprint p.59
3. Who did Jack think of when he was
   trapped? His brother, Max p.61

Chapter 12

1. What did Jack do to free himself? Rubbed
   some ink from a pen in his watch onto the metal bar and watched it melt the
   iron bar p.63
2. Where did he get the idea from? His
   brother Max had told him how he freed himself when trapped in a storage locker
   p.62
3. Why was Jack sad to use the
   Disappearing Milk? This would be the only dose he would get his entire
   lifetime p.65

Chapter 13

1. How did Jack free Alfie? Jack
   sprayed Dozing Spray into the guard’s face and the guard fell asleep. Jack then
   used the rest of the Disappearing Milk on Alfie, woke him up, then they ran for
   it p.67
2. How did Jack and Alfie confuse the
   pirates? they ran zig zag on the sand p.70
3. How did Jack and Alfie travel back to
   Alfie’s boat? They took the pirates boat p.73

Chapter 14

1. Who captured Jack and Alfie? The
   leader of the Komodo Klan p.76

Chapter 15

1. What happened to Alfie? The
   pirates threw him into the Komodo dragon’s cage, and he was bit p.80
2. What did the pirates do with Jack? Pushed
   him overboard into the ocean with the jellyfish p.82

Chapter 16

1. How did Jack survive the jellyfish
   stings? He dove passed the jellyfish deep in the water and pulled out his
   Oxygen Exchanger p.86
2. What was Jack threatened by instead? Two
   sharks p.88

Chapter 17

1. How did Jack free himself from the
   sharks? He shot a canister of blood out of his spray gun away from him and
   then called The Egg to come to him p.89

Chapter 18

1. What did Jack give Alfie to help him
   recover from the lizard’s bite? An antibiotic serum p.93
2. Predict how Jack is going to teach
   the boss lady a lesson on page 95. Listen to your child’s answers

Chapter 19

1. How did Jack defeat the boss lady and
   Jake once and for all? He shot them both with tranquilizers using his spray
   gun then handcuffed them p.98

Chapter 20

1. What was in the box marked Pandora?
   Treasure p.105