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Jigsaw goes camping with family and friends and solves a monster mystery.
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
Summarize the introduction to this story.
Page 1 — Jigsaw is going camping with his family and friends and will solve a mystery with marshmallows and a lake monster
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Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
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
Comprehension questions
List the steps to build a fire.
Page 16 — 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
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Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 19 — Mr. Hitchcock told a spooky story around the fire about a lake monster
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Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Should the children have left food out? Why, or why not?
Page 28 — No; animals will come and cause trouble
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Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What convinced Jigsaw to take the case?
Page 39 — He went swimming in the lake and became creeped out after something brushed his leg and his feet got stuck in the mud
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Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Why did Jigsaw stay back from the waterfall hike?
Page 43 — He needed to work on the case
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Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
How did Wingnut and Freddy become suspects?
Page 51 — They have stomach aches, and it could have been from eating too many marshmallows
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Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why did Jigsaw cross the boys off the suspect list?
Page 56 — They were sick from eating candy not marshmallows
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Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
Describe how Mila is a good friend to Jigsaw.
Page 64 — She supports him and helps him
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Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
Summarize the conclusion to this story.
Page 66 — 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
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