The Missing Mummy

By Ron Roy

Grades 2-5; Genre – Fiction; GRL N; AR pts: 1.0

It’s Mummy Monday at the museum, and Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are going to see a new Egyptian exhibit. It features a child mummy in an actual tomb! But then the mummy is stolen and the tomb robbed of its treasure. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unravel the mystery and return the mummy to its rightful resting place?

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

1. Why did the kids want to go to the museum? All week long they were having programs that looked fun p.2
2. How did the kids earn money for the programs? They helped clean out Josh’s barn and his dad paid them p.3
3. What’s the exhibit at the museum the kids went to? An Egyptian exhibit with mummies p.5

Chapter 2

1. What’s an ancient Egyptian coffin called? A Sarcophagus p.11
2. What’s each mummy wrapped in? strips of linen cloth p.13
3. Where did Ruth Rose find the missing mummy? In the girl’s restroom p.16

Chapter 3

1. Describe what the kids thought the mummy snatcher might have done to get away? She might have disguised herself after taking the mummy in the restroom p.20
2. Where did the kids go to look for the lady who took the mummy? Back into the tomb p.22
3. Why are the kids trapped inside the tomb? While they were in there, the tomb entrance closed p.24

Chapter 4

1. Describe what it was like for the kids when they were locked inside the tomb? Cold, creepy, quiet p.27
2. What did the kids do to get more comfortable after sitting on the gravel/ground? Ruth Rose found carpet squares in a closet, so they spread them out in the closet and laid on them p.29
3. What woke up the kids while they were sleeping in the closet? A huge blast that shook the closet p.30

Chapter 5

1. Who appeared after the blast and what were they doing? two thieves; stealing the treasure p.33
2. How did the thieves get into the tomb? They blew a hole into the building from outside p.35
3. Who came by Dink’s house the next day and why? Officers Peters and Washington; to ask the kids questions about the thieves p.38

Chapter 6

1. Why did the kids want to go back to the museum? It was Tyrannosaurus rex Tuesday p.43
2. Why did the kids go sit at the back of the museum? They were early, it was hot, and they wanted to sit in the shade p.44
3. What did Josh smell when the thieves broke into the museum? French fries p.51

Chapter 7

1. Why did the kids decide to go check out Aunt Freda’s Fabulous Fries? Because Josh had smelled French fries during the theft, there might be a connection p.56
2. Describe what the kids discovered at the restaurant? A woman with short hair works there; Ruth Rose realized she has short dark hair like the woman who came out of the restroom; Dink realized she walked like one of the thieves; Josh realized she smells like French fries p.62

Chapter 8

1. How did the kids get the opportunity to go into the kitchen and look around? Ruth Rose told Aunt Freda that Dink wanted to know how to make her French fries p.63
2. What evidence did the kids find in the kitchen? They saw a black gym bag and a black jacket that’s short enough to see a white line of an apron underneath; Josh found a pebble like the gravel in the tomb p.66

Chapter 9

1. Explain Dink’s dream? He was trapped in the tomb alone and the mummies came toward him, he felt a cold hand on his shoulder and the mummy’s linen strips were wrapping around him p.69
2. Where does Dink think the treasure is hidden? In the small sarcophagus p.73
3. Why do the kids think Dr. Tweed was one of the thieves? Someone had to set the bomb inside the tomb and the treasure would have been too heavy to carry it far, so he hid it in the sarcophagus knowing he’d be able to get to it p.73

Chapter 10

1. What did the kids and police officers find in the tomb? Dr. Tweed holding a gym bag p.78
2. Where were Dr. Tweed and the woman from the restaurant flying to and why? Europe; to sell the treasures p.79
3. Where did the officers take Dr. Tweed and the woman? To jail p.82