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Making Predictions in a Mystery: "Object Lesson" Answers

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What evidence from "Object Lesson, Part 1" best supports the prediction that Miss Carpenter will continue to risk her job for her students?

A
She tells Ellery details about her students’ jobs and their lives outside school.
B
She asks Ellery to talk to her class without seeking her principal’s permission.
C
She accuses her students of stealing an envelope of money from her desk.
D
She agrees to spend first period solving a crime as a life lesson for her class.
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Which sentence best indicates that "Object Lesson, Part 1" is a mystery?

A
"They're only patterning their behavior after criminals because they think criminals are strong, successful, and glamorous."
B
"Class, this is Ellery Queen. I don't have to tell you who Mr. Queen is, and how honored we are to have him visit us."
C
"An envelope with seven one-dollar bills in it was stolen, and from the way it happened the thief can only be someone in this room."
D
"[W]hen I saw the money wasn't in the envelope, my first thought was exactly that, Mr. Queen. So I searched myself thoroughly."
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By the end of "Object Lesson, Part 1," Ellery Queen views Joey Buell as

A
an alibi.
B
a clue.
C
a suspect.
D
a red herring.
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If a reader did not know that Ellery Queen is normally associated with the mystery genre, which sentence would first indicate that "Object Lesson, Part 1" is a mystery?

A
Ellery hurried down West 92nd Street toward the main entrance of Henry Hudson High School stealing guilty glances at his watch.
B
It had seemed to Ellery that this placed a rather hefty burden on his oratorical powers.
C
Beyond establishing that the crimes were the work of the same boys, who were probably students at Henry Hudson High School, the police had got nowhere.
D
Miss Carpenter, walking home from a movie late the previous Monday night, had seen three boys dive out of a smashed bakery window and vanish into an alley.
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Which sentence from "Object Lesson, Part 1" foreshadows a future event?

A
The juvenile crime problem was solved.
B
Ellery braced himself and opened the door.
C
He laid his coat and hat gently on her desk.
D
It was one of the three he had spotted, the husky blond one.
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Which detail best supports the fact that "Object Lesson, Part 1" is a mystery?

A
Miss Carpenter teaches at Henry Hudson High School.
B
The police do not know who has broken into some stores.
C
Ellery Queen is a hero to the youth of the neighborhood.
D
A group of teachers is chipping in to buy a wedding present.
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Based on the events of "Object Lesson, Part 1," what will most likely happen in “Object Lesson, Part 2”?

A
Joey Buell's respect for Ellery Queen will increase.
B
Miss Carpenter's respect for Ellery Queen will increase.
C
Mr. Hinsdale's respect for Miss Carpenter will increase.
D
Miss McDoud's respect for Miss Carpenter will increase.
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Which detail from "Object Lesson, Part 1" supports the prediction that Ellery Queen will find the missing money before first period ends?

A
Three of the boys' faces were rather too elaborately blank.
B
The thief didn’t expect to be found out so soon.
C
Ellery Queen is hearing testimony from the students.
D
The lock on Miss Carpenter's locker does not work.
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Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 1."This time he stared directly from David to Howard to Joey. His stare said, I hate to do this, boys, but of course I'll have to if you think you can get away with it.The Strager boy's full lips were twisted. The skinny redhead, Joey Buell, stared back sullenly. Howard Ruffo's pencil twirled faster.It's one of those three, all right.

A
It makes the reader feel confident that Ellery has narrowed down the suspects who may have committed the crime and will proceed to find one of them guilty.
B
It makes the reader feel excited to see how Miss Carpenter will feel when Joey Buell, Howard Ruffo, or David Strager is found guilty of the crime.
C
It makes the reader feel anxious that Ellery will not be able to prove that Joey Buell, Howard Ruffo, or David Strager committed the crime.
D
It makes the reader feel that Ellery has misidentified who is responsible for committing the crime and will end up feeling embarrassed.
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What evidence from "Object Lesson, Part 1" best supports the prediction that either Howard Ruffo, David Strager, or Joey Buell stole the money?

A
They were in Miss Carpenter's classroom when the money was stolen.
B
They were seen diving out of a smashed bakery window.
C
They rush to one another's support when Ellery questions them.
D
They all know the money is in the envelope on the desk.

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