Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Part One

A guess or feeling not based on facts.

• Evidence

• Hunch

• Witness

• Motive

A person who has knowledge of a crime.

• Alibi

• Crime

• Red herring

• Witness

An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he/she was not at the scene of the crime.

• Alibi

• Suspect

• Evidence

• I miss you!

A fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime.

• Suspect

• Evidence

• Witness

• Crime

An action that breaks the law.

• Motive

• Red herring

• Crime

• Witness

An investigator, a sleuth, and a ______________________ are synonyms.

• detective

• motive

• witness

• smile!

The body of a mystery usually

• lists facts about a historical event in chronological order.

• there is a cultural moral or lesson to be learned.

• explains how someone is working to solve a mystery.

• is a story that is passed down from generation to generation.

Most mystery plots use________________________________. This means that the reader does not know the solution while he or she is reading the mystery but wants to keep reading to find out.

• excitement

• family values

• historical facts

• suspense

The plot of a mystery usually

• has something that is missing.

• has a secret or event that is not explained.

• has a problem or puzzle to solve.

• All of the above.

On the first day of school Sammy

• misses the bus

• can't get into her locker

• is suspended

• gets a black eye