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Understanding Suspense in a Mystery: "Object Lesson" Answers

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Which detail best supports the fact that "Object Lesson, Part 1" is a mystery?

Miss Carpenter teaches at Henry Hudson High School.

The police do not know who has broken into some stores.

Ellery Queen is a hero to the youth of the neighborhood.

A group of teachers is chipping in to buy a wedding present.

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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?

Ellery hurried down West 92nd Street toward the main entrance of Henry Hudson High School stealing guilty glances at his watch.

It had seemed to Ellery that this placed a rather hefty burden on his oratorical powers.

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.

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.

Read the excerpt below.Although Mrs. Brown had a tomato stain on her dress, the empty pizza box in Mr. Poppy's closet and his spicy breath proved his guilt. Mr. Poppy’s claim that he is allergic to pizza was not given a second thought.

Mrs. Brown's tomato-stained dress is evidence, Mr. Poppy is a witness, and the pizza allergy is a red herring.

Mrs. Brown is a witness, the empty pizza box and spicy breath are red herrings, and the pizza allergy is an alibi.

Mrs. Brown and Mr. Poppy are both suspects, the empty pizza box and spicy breath are red herrings, and the tomato-stained dress is evidence.

Mrs. Brown's tomato-stained dress is a red herring, the pizza allergy is Mr. Poppy's alibi, and the empty pizza box and spicy breath are evidence.

Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 1.""Hardly. They didn't know you were coming." They had betrayed her, the sick shock in her voice said. "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." There was a gasp, a buzz, a spatter of applause, "Mr. Queen was kind enough to come here today to give us a talk on crime. I didn't know he was going to walk in on one."

Ellery will influence Miss Carpenter's students.

another crime will take place in Miss Carpenter's classroom.

this will be the last time Miss Carpenter asks Ellery for crime-solving help.

Miss Carpenter will be determined to address her students' criminal behavior.

Which character in "Object Lesson, Part 1" is a suspect?

Ellery Queen

Miss Carpenter

David Strager

Mrs. Morell

By the end of "Object Lesson, Part 1," Ellery Queen views Joey Buell as

an alibi.

a clue.

a suspect.

a red herring.

Which sentence from "Object Lesson, Part 1" foreshadows a future event?

The juvenile crime problem was solved.

Ellery braced himself and opened the door.

He laid his coat and hat gently on her desk.

It was one of the three he had spotted, the husky blond one.

Which detail from "Object Lesson, Part 1" supports the prediction that Ellery Queen will find the missing money before first period ends?

Three of the boys' faces were rather too elaborately blank.

The thief didn’t expect to be found out so soon.

Ellery Queen is hearing testimony from the students.

The lock on Miss Carpenter's locker does not work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It makes the reader feel that Ellery has misidentified who is responsible for committing the crime and will end up feeling embarrassed.

Which sentence best indicates that "Object Lesson, Part 1" is a mystery?

"They're only patterning their behavior after criminals because they think criminals are strong, successful, and glamorous."

"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."

"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."

"[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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