Vocabulary
"Lamb to Slaughter"
"Monkey's Paw"
Mystery Story Elements
"The Bus Ride"
100

Detective who solves the mystery

Sleuth

100

The murder weapon

A Leg of Lamb

100

Person who originally had the Monkey's Paw

The Sergeant 

100

The thing that is being solved

A mystery

100

Where the main character worked

The Emergency Room

200

A fake clue

Red Herring


200

The murderer

Mary Maloney

200

Person who died because of the Monkey's Paw

Herbert

200

The high point of the story; point of most tension

Climax

200

Why the main character got off early that morning

She didn't take her lunch break

300

Character that doesn't change for the whole story

Static Character

300

Why Mary Maloney killed her husband

Divorce

300

The type of story this mystery is written in

A play

300

The person who solves the crime

Detective

300

Substance all over the man's hands

Blood

400

Person(s) near the crime scene that could have committed the crime

Suspect(s)

400

What Mary was worried about after killing her husband

Her unborn child

400

What Mrs. White begs her husband to wish for

To bring her son back from the dead

400

Person who is robbed or killed

Victim

400

What was most likely in the bag the man had

Body parts

500

Person who was somewhere else when the crime was committed, proving they are innocent

Alibi

500

What happened to the murder weapon

The policemen ate it

500

What the monkey paw could do

Give the person three wishes with a terrible consequence

500

People who see the crime committed

Witnesses 
500

Who the man killed

His wife and child

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