The Bald Bandit
by Ron Roy
Grades 2-5; Genre – Mystery; GRL N; AR pts: 1.0
There's a bank robber in Green Lawn! A red-haired kid took a video of the crime, but nobody can find him. Without the video, will the robber go free? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must track down that kid--before the bandit does!
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
- Explain why the friends are excited after the detective’s visit. If they can find the high schooler with the video of the bank robber, they will each get $100 p.8
Chapter 2
- How will the friends take advantage of Halloween? They will knock on doors looking for a tall red headed boy who has the video p.15
Chapter 3
- Explain how Operation Redhead went. Not well. The friends didn’t find him or anyone who knew of him; Josh wanted to give up, but Dink wouldn’t listen p.17
Chapter 4
- What information did Dink learn from the barber? The Redhead is now bald so the bandit doesn’t recognize him; he found out his name and where he lives p.35
- Why did the barber give the information to Dink? Dink said they would share the reward money with the Redhead p.33
Chapter 5
- Why won’t Lucky give his video tape to the detective? He doesn’t trust him p.42
Chapter 6
- What convinced Lucky to hand over the video tape? The friends wouldn’t give his name to the detective or anyone else p.45
Chapter 7
- Now that the friends know the detective is the bandit, predict what they will say to the detective. Listen to your child’s answer p.53
Chapter 8
- Summarize this chapter. Ruth Rose snuck out of the house and got the police; Dink and Josh let the bandit in and hid the real video tape and started to give him one of Dink playing soccer; the bandit was going to kidnap Ruth Rose but she started to yell really loud p.54
Chapter 9
- List a characteristic the friends demonstrated at the end of this book? Explain. Charity; kindness; selflessness; compassionate; they gave all the reward money to Lucky to help him pay for college p.69