Mystery 1
Mystery 2
Mystery 3
Mystery 4
Mystery 5
100

Effect: Thomas came in contact with Mr. Pluto for the first time. 

What is the cause? 

Thomas walked over to the wood planks in the forest. 

100

Thomas is peeved that Mr. Pluto is doing so much for them. What does the word peeved mean? 

angry/ mad/ upset/ 

100

What is the house mostly a symbol of? 


Mystery 

100

According to Pluto why did he chase Thomas?

He thought Thomas was someone else. 

100

Thomas could hear him, and he was not running, but striding swiftly through the trees. Which figurative language is  being used here?

Simile, Metaphor, alliteration, personification 

Alliteration 

200

What surprised Thomas about Pluto?

He didn't understand why Mr. Pluto was so fast and strong. 

200

What special treat was Thomas given for his birthday? 

Black Coffee 

200

How do I make this sentence have correct comma usage?

Thomas ran through the forest became quite scared and ran back home. 


Thomas ran through the forest, became quite scared, and ran back home.

200

What struck Mr. Small as unusual about Mr. Pluto's appearance? 

He wondered why he was wearing gloves. 


200

Why did Mr. Small  buy a new door lock? 

Thomas busted through the door and broke it. 

300

What did Mr. Small question Pluto about? 

How Pesty can ride the horse if it has something wrong with its legs. 

300

Why did Thomas want to move the chair in his room? 

He couldn't sleep with it facing away from him? 

300

Why did Thomas decide to sleep on the couch?

He wanted to hear if someone came in the house.

300

Since the reader knew someone or something walked around the house while Thomas was sleeping, but Thomas was unaware, what irony is being used? 

Irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language 

dramatic , situational, verbal, unusual

Dramatic 

300

From where did someone or something seemed interested in? 

Bedroom doorframes

400

What is the conflict in the novel? 

Conflict: Disagreement or argument

Thomas wanted to figure out who was trying to scare them into leaving. 

400

What happens after the conflict on a plot map? 


Rising Action 

400

What are the two warnings according to Thomas? 

Furniture and Triangles 

400

What is missing from the Greek Cross? 

4th triangle 

400

What did Mr. Small wonder about when he saw Mr. Pluto dressed for church?

think appearance

Why he wasn't wearing his gloves. 

500

What did the "ahhhhing" sound turn out to be? 

large bellows below ground. 

500

What type of figurative language is this? 

The wind whispered through the trees? 

personification 

500

What type of figurative language is this? 

The house is as big as a mountain. 

Simile 

500

What type of figurative language is this? 

That is a piece of cake Mom. 

idiom 

500

What type of figurative language is this? 

Mr. Small is lost in the past. 

hyperbole