Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #23 Babysitting Bandit

 Babysitting Bandit

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; AR pts: 2.0

Nancy and her friends are asked to be mother's helpers for a neighbor whose adopted twins.  As they babysit a special rattle, music CD and toy mouse disappear which is upsetting to the twins.  The Clue Crew hops on the case and investigates to find out who would take toys from babies.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What’s a “mother’s helper”? someone who helps a mother with her children when she is at home with them   p. 2
  2. Who was the Clue Crew babysitting?  18 month old twins   p. 2
  3. How does Margaret, the twins’ big sister, feel about the twins?  Not happy   p.  10

Chapter 2

  1. Where did Lily Mei go when she disappeared and Nancy was looking for her?  behind the couch   p. 15
  2. What are Margaret and her friends working on?  Science project   p. 18
  3. Where did Mrs. Jacobs put the rattle before it disappeared?  The bookcase  p. 19

Chapter 3

  1. What clue did Nancy find on the bookcase where the rattle had been?  A green fingerprint   p. 23
  2. Why was Mrs. Jacobs happy the Clue Crew wanted to her find the rattle?  It was special to them/ the twins love it/ it was Margaret’s when she was a baby   p. 27
  3. Name Margaret’s friend that loves to play practical jokes on people?  Matt   p. 30

Chapter 4

  1. Why did Nancy go spy on Margaret and her friends when they were in her room?  To see if she could overhear them talking about the rattle    p. 32
  2. What did Nancy use as an excuse when Mrs. Jacobs came upstairs and found her listening outside Margaret’s door?  Say she was looking for the bathroom   p. 36
  3. What besides the rattle has disappeared?  Squeak Squeak the stuffed mouse   p. 37

Chapter 5

  1. Who did Bess pull of out of her backpack to help cheer up the twins?  Her stuffed tiger, Togo   p. 39
  2. What’s the name of the Jacobs’ cat?  Pumpkin Pie   p. 42

Chapter 6

  1. Why did the Clue Crew think Pumpkin Pie might have taken the rattle and toy mouse?  She takes things and hides them under the rug   p. 47
  2. Why does Nancy love to go to Pizza Paradise?  It has the yummiest pizza   p. 48
  3. What also went missing at the Jacob’s, along with the mouse and rattle?  The music CD  p. 53

Chapter 7

  1. What color was the smudgy fingerprint on the CD player?  Yellow   p. 56
  2. What did the yellow and green fingerprint feel like?  dry and bumpy   p. 58
  3. Why did Bess need to protect Togo from Sir Barkalot?  He will eat him   p. 58

Chapter 8

  1. How did Bess get Sir Barkalot to yawn?  Blow in his face   p. 61
  2. Why does the Clue Crew think Cal might have taken the rattle and CD?  He played with the rattle the day it disappeared and he was there the day the CD went missing   p. 66
  3. Who loves to finger paint?  The twins    p. 68

Chapter 9

  1. Why couldn’t the twins have taken their toys and hidden them?  They’re too short to reach the shelves the CD and rattle were on    p.  69
  2. Why couldn’t Sir Barkalot and Pumpkin Pie have taken the toys?  They couldn’t have reached the shelves either and they didn’t have yellow or green on their paws   p. 70
  3. What did the sign on Margaret’s door say?  Margaret’s room, Do Not Enter, That Means You Anna Lin and Lily Mei

Chapter 10

  1. Who took the toys and CD from the twins?  Margaret   p. 83
  2. Why did Margaret take the toys?  She’s mad at her parents and at the twins   p. 83
  3. What does the word JEALOUS mean? Feeling angry about someone or something because of their success or attention