The Case of the Marshmallow Monster
by James Preller
Grades 2-3; Genre - Mystery; GRL N; AR pts. 1.0
Jigsaw goes camping with family and friends and solves a monster mystery.
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Summarize the introduction to this story. Jigsaw is going camping with his family and friends and will solve a mystery with marshmallows and a lake monster p.1
Chapter 2
- Have you ever gone camping? If you have, share your experience. If you haven’t, share a fun experience you’ve had in the out of doors. Listen to your child’s answer
Chapter 3
- List the steps to build a fire. 1) Place tinder in a pile in a fire pit; 2) Place kindling on top of the tinder in a pyramid; 3) after the kindling starts burning, put on larger pieces of wood p.16
Chapter 4
- Summarize this chapter. Mr. Hitchcock told a spooky story around the fire about a lake monster p.19
Chapter 5
- Should the children have left food out? Why, or why not? No; animals will come and cause trouble p.28
Chapter 6
- What convinced Jigsaw to take the case? He went swimming in the lake and became creeped out after something brushed his leg and his feet got stuck in the mud p.39
Chapter 7
- Why did Jigsaw stay back from the waterfall hike? He needed to work on the case p.43
Chapter 8
- How did Wingnut and Freddy become suspects? They have stomach aches, and it could have been from eating too many marshmallows p.51
Chapter 9
- Why did Jigsaw cross the boys off the suspect list? They were sick from eating candy not marshmallows p.56
Chapter 10
- Describe how Mila is a good friend to Jigsaw. She supports him and helps him p.64
Chapter 11
- Summarize the conclusion to this story. Mila and Jigsaw heard footsteps and saw something, they threw a rock at it, screamed and blew the whistle; it was Jigsaw’s dad; he put the marshmallows in the car p.66