Vocabulary (Word)
Vocabulary (Sentence)
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words
Comprehension
Inferences
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Name a synonym for the word "stumped."
What is baffled, confused? (Answers may vary.)
100
What does the phrase "clean bill of health" mean?
What is free from illness? (Answers may vary.)
100
What does the prefix "dis-" mean?
What is "not"?
100
What is the setting of the story?
What is 13 Rover Avenue, Idaville; a red-brick house; evening at the Brown's home?
100
If Encyclopedia Brown didn't live in Idaville, what would most likely happen?
What is crimes would go unsolved in Idaville? (Answers may vary.)
200
What is an antonym for the word "stumped?"
What is understanding, knowing, enlightened? (Answers may vary.)
200
What does the sentence, "If he's a lizard expert, then I'm the queen of England" mean?
What is that Sam is lying, since Encyclopedia is clearly not the Queen of England?
200
What does the word "disappear" mean?
What is to no longer be in sight? (Answers may vary.)
200
What genre of literature is the story "Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander?"
What is realistic fiction or mystery?
200
Why did Sam Maine act suspicious of Mrs. King?
What is to make someone else look suspicious instead of him?
300
What does resided mean in this sentence: "The secret resided in a red brick house at 13 Rover Avenue"?
What is lived or stayed there? (Answers may vary.)
300
What does the phrase "the brains behind it all" mean?
What is that Encyclopedia is the one who really figured everything out?
300
What does the word "dislike" mean?
What is to not like?
300
For what purpose did the author write the story?
What is to entertain the audience with a fun mystery?
300
What would Sam Maine have been most likely to do if he hadn't been caught?
What is sell the salamander?
400
A lizard is a type of what? Why?
What is a reptile? It has scales, lives on land, lays eggs with hard shells, etc.
400
What is the meaning of the term "reference book"?
What is a book with facts or other helpful information? (Answers may vary.)
400
What does the word "disconnect" mean?
What is to not connect or to unplug. (Answers may vary.)
400
What is a good summary of the story "Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander?"
What is Encyclopedia solves a crime based on the information his father, Chief Brown, tells him. (Answers may vary.)
400
What does it mean when Chief Brown doesn't eat his supper?
What is he is focused on the case and baffled by it? (Answers may vary.)
500
A salamander is a type of what? Why?
What is an amphibian? It lives near the water, it lays eggs in water, it has moist, slimy skin, etc.
500
Name two examples of a reference book or reference source.
What are dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, atlas, almanac, etc. (Answers may vary.)
500
How does the suffix "-ed" in "disappeared" change the meaning of the word?
What is it makes it past tense -or- it makes it have already happened?
500
What is one theme of the story?
(Answers may vary.)
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What does the nickname Encyclopedia help the reader to understand about his character?
What is that he is very intelligent and can help people in unexpected ways? (Answers may vary.)
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