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Someone in Ms. Gleason's class is playing practical jokes, and it is up to Jigsaw and Mila to catch the clown.
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
Describe what brought on this case.
Page 3 — Athena put her foot in her shoe and green slime oozed out making her embarrassed
3
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What clues did Athena provide?
Page 9 — A brown paper that said “Gotcha”, socks with slime, and the slime tasted like green jello
9
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
Summarize this chapter.
Page 12 — Jigsaw and Mila ran into Jigsaw’s dad who was training a raisin circus
12
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
What happened in this chapter to support the case?
Page 21 — Another prank has been done; fake baloney in a sandwich
21
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Do you agree or disagree with Jigsaw that lying is ok sometimes?
Page 30 — Listen to your child’s answer
30
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
Why does Jigsaw and Mila think Ralphie is doing the pranks?
Page 35 — He was on cubby; he’s also a jokester
35
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
What made Jigsaw’s teacher upset in this chapter? How would you have felt? Someone put pink coloring into the fish tank;
Page 40 — listen to your child’s answer
40
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
Describe the magic trick Jigsaw’s dad did?
Page 45 — He poured soda water in a container and placed raisins in it; they repeatedly sank to the bottom, then came back up to the top
45
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Why is Helen a suspect?
Page 53 — She traded Ralphie jobs and was on cubby duty; she also started to tell lots of jokes
53
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
What was the evidence Jigsaw and Mila found.
Page 62 — They went to the library and found a book on practical jokes; in it was a paper that had H.Z. written in balloon letters that matched the GOTCHA letters; in the book were the same practical jokes
62
Chapter 11
Comprehension questions
Summarize the conclusion of this story.
Page 71 — Helen was caught and said she did the jokes to be popular and liked; everyone said she’d just needed to be nice, and she felt happy
71
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