A-Z Mysteries The Jaguar’s Jewel Chapter 1
1. Where were the children going? (p1) a. to Florida b. to San Francisco c. to New York
2. What did Uncle Warren call Dink? (p2) a. Donny b. Donald c. Duffy
3. Why was Uncle Warren taking the children to the museum first? (p8) a. Because he wanted to learn some information. b. Because he had to work. c. Because he was expecting a shipment.
4. Where did Uncle Warren work? (p9) a. at the Porter Museum b. in Grand Central Station c. at the Central Park Zoo
5. Who were Jean-Paul and Yvonne? (p10) a. Uncle Warren’s friends who owned Le Petit Bistro b. Uncle Warren’s bosses at the museum c. taxi drivers in New York
Chapter 2
1. What pets did Uncle Warren have in his office? (p14) a. dogs b. fish c. turtles
2. What did Josh find on the desk? (p14) a. a camera b. a mirror c. a letter opener
3. What was inside the wooden crate? (p16) a. gold sculptures b. silver letter openers c. a computer
4. What would Dr. Pitts do? (p17) a. clean the pieces b. inspect the pieces c. break the pieces
5. Who was Roger? (p18) a. the doorman at Uncle Warren’s apartment b. Uncle Warren’s assistant c. Uncle Warren’s driver A-Z Mysteries The Jaguar’s Jewel Chapter 3
1. Where did Uncle Warren take the children for dinner? (p21) a. to an Italian restaurant b. to an Indian restaurant c. to a Chinese restaurant
2. What did the waitress give them after their meal? (p23) a. chocolate chip cookies b. fortune cookies c. cheese cake
3. What did Dink’s fortune cookie say? (p26) a. “You will meet nice people.” b. “Your eyes will play tricks on you.” c. “Strange food will please you.”
4. Who was James Pride? (p27) a. Uncle Warren’s assistant b. the doorman c. a police officer
5. What was between the jaguar’s front paws? (p32) a. an emerald b. a gold coin c. a diamond Chapter 4
1. What did Dr. Pitts tell Uncle Warren? (p33) a. The emerald was fake. b. The jaguar was broken. c. He forgot his glasses.
2. Why did the flashlight turn off? (p34) a. Because the batteries didn’t work. b. Because it fell into the fish tank. c. Because Dr. Pitts dropped it.
3. Why did Regina Wu come to the office? (p37) a. Because she had to examine the emerald. b. Because she wanted to have some tea. c. Because she wanted to meet the children.
4. Besides Jean-Paul and James, who was the other suspect? (p40) a. Dink b. Ruth Rose c. Uncle Warren A-Z Mysteries The Jaguar’s Jewel Chapter 5
1. Why did the police officer take Uncle Warren to the police station? (p41) a. Because he wanted to ask more questions. b. Because he wanted to tell him who stole the emerald. c. Because he wanted to put him in jail.
2. What did Uncle Warren whisper in Dink’s ear? (p42) a. ‘Go back to Green Lawn.’ b. ‘Remember your cookie.’ c. ‘I have the emerald.’
3. What happened to the door after Yvonne walked through it?(p44) a. It broke. b. It turned into a window. c. It disappeared.
4. What did Dink find in his pocket? (p46) a. a train ticket b. his uncle’s key c. twenty dollars
5. Who did the children see going into Uncle Warren’s office? (p46-47) a. James b. Regina Wu c. Roger Chapter 6
1. Where did the children go? (p50) a. up to Uncle Warren’s office b. to the Chinese restaurant c. back to the train station
2. Why did the children go to the office? (p50) a. Because they wanted to find treasure. b. Because they wanted to look for clues. c. Because they wanted to feed the fish.
3. What did Dink notice in James Pride’s office? (p53) a. There were no books. b. The radio was on. c. One wall had nothing on it.
4. What did Dink think he found in the wall of the office? (p54) a. a picture b. a secret door c. a diamond A-Z Mysteries The Jaguar’s Jewel
Chapter 7
1. Why did Ruth Rose think the fish tank was weird? (p57-58) a. Because somebody already fed the fish. b. Because all the fish were dead. c. Because all the fish were gone.
2. What did Ruth Rose find on the bottom of the tank? (p59) a. the green emerald b. the letter opener c. the jaguar
3. What made the buzzing noise in the office? (p62-63) a. an alarm clock b. a cell phone c. a VCR
4. What was on the tape the children found? (p64) a. a birthday party b. people in the office earlier that day c. a movie
5. On the tape, who fed the fish? (p66) a. Regina Wu b. James Pride c. Yvonne Chapter 8
1. What happened to the letter opener on the tape? (p70) a. It moved when the lights went out. b. It turned into gold when the lights went out. c. It vanished when the lights went out.
2. What did the children hear? (p70-71) a. someone outside the door b. a police car c. Yvonne shouting
3. Where did the children hide? (72) a. in James’s office b. under the fish tank c. behind the desk
4. Who came into the office? (p72) a. the police b. Uncle Warren c. Dr. Pitts A-Z Mysteries The Jaguar’s Jewel
Chapter 9
1. Why did Dr. Pitts come toward James’s office?(p74-75) a. Because he thought someone was there. b. Because the emerald was there. c. Because the light was on.
2. How did the children get out of the office? (p76) a. down the secret stairs b. through the window c. through the front door
3. When did Dr. Pitts switch the emerald? (p77) a. when the crate arrived b. when the lights went out c. when the crate was wrapped in South America
4. At the end of the chapter, where was the jewel? (p78) a. in the fish tank b. in Ruth Rose’s hand c. in Dr. Pitts’ pocket
Chapter 10
1. Who rescued the children from the office? (p81) a. Dr. Pitts b. Yvonne c. James
2. Why did Regina Wu go back to the office? (p83) a. Because she forgot her umbrella. b. Because she wanted to find the emerald. c. Because she needed to talk to Uncle Warren.
3. Why didn’t Uncle Warren tell the police about the video camera? (p83) a. Because he forgot about it. b. Because he didn’t want to help the police. c. Because he took the emerald.
4. At the end of the chapter, how did the children see New York City by night? (p85) a. by riding a bus b. by riding a horse and buggy c. by riding bicycles A-Z Mysteries The Jaguar’s Jewel
Dictation
1. Everything outside the train windows turned black.
2. “The Porter Museum is going to display some of their pottery and gold sculpture.”
3. After breakfast the next morning, Uncle Warren and the kids walked back to the museum.
4. “Of course, I will have to report this to the police,” he said.
5. Dink reached back into his pocket and pulled out the slip of paper from his fortune cookie.
6. “Nothing but a secret door that doesn’t open,” Josh muttered.
7. Ruth Rose walked over to the fish tank and picked up the container of food.
8. “Who was standing closest to it?” Dink asked, hitting “stop” and “rewind.”
9. “My uncle has a hidden camera in the office,” Dink explained.
10. He led everyone outside, where a large white horse stood waiting.