Cam Jensen and the Basketball Mystery

What did Governor Zellner give to Coach Jenkins?

• Basketball signed by famous people, such as Matt Taylor, the actor, Governor Zellner and an artist, Toby Coleman.

• Franklin High School trophy

• Orange basketball uniform number 24

  Game basketball signed by players of the team.

• Game basketball signed by players of the team.

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Cam's real name is Jennifer, but they call her Cam because:

• She likes cameras.

• She looks like a camera.

• She has a photographic memory like a camera.

• She makes clicking noises like a camera does.

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What did Cam, Eric, and Danny receive as a reward for solving the basketball mystery?

• An orange Hamilton sweatshirt signed by Governor Zellner

• A camera that clicks

• A copy of Danny's joke about popping a balloon

• The game winning basketball signed by players of the team.

What is the setting of this mystery?

• Franklin County library

• Hamilton High School Gymnasium

• Outside in the parking lot

• Coach Jenkins's home

Stories that involve a secret or crime that needs to be solved

• Realistic

• Mystery

• Action/Adventure

Here is the joke:

What do you call a pin that pops a balloon?

• Franklin

• Neena

• Buster

• Jennifer

How did Cam figure out that the basketball had been deflated?

• Cam "clicked" the game and saw it happen.

• The found 64 cents under the bleachers gave her the best clue.

• The Franklin High basketball coach told her.

  Danny's joke about popping a balloon

• Danny's joke about popping a balloon gave her the idea.

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Who stole the basketball?

• Cam

• Coach Jenkins

• Eric

• Brian

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How was the basketball taken out of the gymnasium?

• It was inflated and placed under Brian's shirt.

• It was deflated and placed in Brian's bag.

• It was rolled under the bleachers.

• It was thrown out the window.

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What is similar about Eric Shelton and Danny Pace?

• They both were witnesses to the crime.

• They both have fathers who played basketball for Coach Jenkins.

• Neither of them are friends with Cam.

• One tells jokes and the other helped Brian steal the basketball.

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