Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Case of The Fifth Word Questions & Answers.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Young Sherlock Holmes, Three Days To See and My Wheelchair Had Wings so, you can check these posts as well.
The Case of The Fifth Word Questions & Answers
Question 1: ‘Everyone thought that he must be the smartest police chief in the country.’ Why?
Answer: Everyone thought he must be the smartest police chief in the world because he was very quick in solving his cases.
Question 2: Why didn’t Leroy’s father tell anyone that the young boy in fact was the real detective? Why didn’t Leroy ever speak of the help he gave his father?
Answer: Leroy’s father didn’t tell anyone because it would be difficult for anyone to believe that such a young boy was capable of solving such difficult mysteries. Leroy didn’t ever speak of the help he gave his father because he did not want his friends to think that he was any different from them.
Question 3: Why was Leroy nicknamed Encyclopedia? Do you think it was a suitable name?
Answer: Leroy was nicknamed Encyclopedia because his head was full of facts, from the large number of books he read. He would share his knowledge with his friends whenever they asked him to. It was a suitable name for him.
Question 4: Why do you think Nolan and Davenport became good friends in prison?
Answer: Nolan and Davenport became friends because both were criminals who met inside a prison and shared common interests.
Question 5: The clerk at the jewellery store saw the face of one of the bank robbers, yet refused to testify against him. What do you think was the reason?
Answer: She refused to testify as she was not sure whether the person she had seen was in fact Nolan.
Question 6: Why was Chief Brown suspicious about the sheet from the desk calendar that was attached to Nolan’s will?
Answer: Chief Brown was suspicious because it was addressed to Davenport and had something written on it in code words.
Question 7: Mrs Brown was able to figure out what the four words in Nolan’s note meant. True or False?
Answer: False
Question 8: Was Leroy’s guess correct about the whereabouts of the stolen jewellery? How did he arrive at the correct solution?
Answer: Yes, he was correct as he was able to read the message hidden in the code words. He realized that the four words stood for the four days of the week, and the unwritten fifth word, ‘fir’, indicated the place where the jewellery had been hidden by him.
Question 9: Can you think of five words to describe Encyclopedia?
Answer: Five words that can be used to describe Encyclopedia are – brainy, voracious reader, modest, unassuming, very young, some kind of a genius.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.