Stolen Base

Rosamond did not want to use__ for second base.

• a stone

• her book

• her hat

• a log

Oliver said he kept his octopus__

• on his bookcase

• in his closet

• under his bed

• in his eel tank

Nate called Oliver‘s bookcase __

• a work of art

• a real mess

• a neat library

• a showcase for basecase

Nate used a flashlight to look __

• under Oliver’s bed

• down both sides of the bookcase

• between Oliver’s clothes in the attic

• in Oliver’s basement

On the floor under the bookcase Nate found a__

• dusty mitten

• was of bubble gum

• baseball card

• dirty sock

When looking near second base for the octopus, Nate found __

• an octopus arm

• one of Fang’s dog biscuits

• an eel

• a fishing hook

While following Oliver, Fang had __

• taken and buried the team’s ball

• snatched an octopus arm

• taken Oliver’s glove

• chewed the whole octopus to pieces

Oliver spent a lot of time__

• talking on the phone

• playing his piano

• playing video games

• reading

Nate told Oliver he needed to look __

• in his mom’s washer

• behind his bookcase

• behind his piano

• in his kitchen wastebasket

Why didn’t the octopus land on the floor behind the bookcase?

• The octopus had gotten caught on the telephone cord

• The octopus’s eyes were stuck to the back of the bookcase

• The octopus had fallen into the hole behind the bookcase

• The octopus had gotten stuck to the bedroom wall