Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook

Question 1

1. Who is Julian Calendar? (Chap 1)

Answer 1

Julian Calendar is the boy telling the story.

Question 2

2. What kind of student was Julian at his old school? Chap 1

Answer 2

Julian was a nerd, a geek.

Question 3

3. What did Julian want to do differently at his new school? Chap 1

Answer 3

Julian wanted to fit in and act ordinary at his new school.

Question 4

4. Why did Julian transfer to a new school?

Answer 4

Julian went to a new school because his father was transferred.

Question 5

5. What game did Julian play with Ben Garza and Trevor?

Answer 5

They played basketball.

Question 6

2. What did Julian choose to do instead of going to a movie, playing minigolf, or ordering a pizza?

Answer 6

He went to hear a scientist named Dr. Stringer give a lecture.

Question 7

7. What happened when Julian asked Dr. Stringer to sign his science notebook?

Answer 7

He saw Julian’s drawings and said “Sorry little boy. I don’t have time for you.”

Question 8

8. How did Julian know to go to Dora’s Diner at 11 on Saturday? Chap 2

Answer 8

Someone dropped a note written in code when Julian was at his locker.

Question 9

9. Who did Julian meet at Dora’s Diner at 11 on Saturday? Chap 2

Answer 9

Julian met Ben Garza and Greta Hughes.

Question 10

10. Where did Ben and Gretta take Julian after they met him at Dora’s Diner?

Answer 10

Ben and Gretta took him to their secret hideout.

Question 11

What did Julian discover in the basement of Ben and Greta’s secret hideout?

Answer 11

He discovered their secret laboratory, their inventions.

Question 12

12. Who were the team members of the Secret Science Alliance? Chap 2

Answer 12

Ben Garza, Greta Hughes, and Julian Calendar.

Question 13

13. What did Greta and Ben think of Julian’s inventions? Chap 2

Answer 13

They thought his inventions were frivolous, unimportant, pranks.

Question 14

14. How did Greta know that Ben and Julian were trying to steal her doughnut? Chap 2

Answer 14

She had put a camera in the back of her bike helmet so she could see what was happening behind her. She called it Greta’s Heads Up Helmet.

Question 15

15. What kind of job did Greta’s dad have? Chap 2

Answer 15

Greta’s dad was a museum director with lots of cool stuff.

Question 16

16. Why is Ben afraid that his dad will be really mad at him?

Answer 16

Because Ben failed another test. He is a poor test-taker.

Question 17

17. Where did the Hover Hook crash?

Answer 17

The Hover Hook crashed at Industrial Innovations Incorporated. Dr. Stringer is the Head Inventor there.

Question 18

Who can’t stand children? Chap 4

Answer 18

Dr. Whilhelm Stringer can’t stand children.

Question 19

19. According to Greta’s dad, what was the most important tool you could have? Chap 5

Answer 19

The most important tool is confidence.

Question 20

20. Who added the transmission that enabled the helicopter to fly? Chap 5

Answer 20

Ben added the transmission.

Question 21

21. Why did the Smithsonian loan the very expensive Golden Bust of Ashurbanipal to Mosberg?

Answer 21

The bust was part of the Mysterious Mesopotamia exhibit at the museum.

Question 22

22. Why did Kablovsky always where a hat?

Answer 22

He believed he had to be wearing it to get any ideas.

Question 23

23. How was Dr. Stringer able to invent the Stellar Smeller? Chap 5

Answer 23

He stole the notebook from the Secret Science Alliance.

Question 24

24. Where does Dr. Stringer keep all his important papers? Chap 6

Answer 24

Dr. Stringer keeps his important papers locked in a safe.

Question 25

25. How did the Secret Science Alliance stop the security camera at Industrial Innovations Incorporated from seeing them? Chap 7

Answer 25

They invented a Camera-Zapper.

Question 26

26. Why did Dr. Stringer leave the safe open? Chap 7

Answer 26

He got the blueprints of the Mosberg History Museum out of the safe and forgot to close it.

Question 27

27. How was Dr. Stringer going to steal the Bust of Ashurbanipal from the Mosburg History Museum?

Answer 27

Stringer was going to use the Secret Science Alliance’s inventions to steal the bust. The Fog Gun, the Night Sneak Goggles, and the Spring Loaded Rope Ladder.

Question 28

28. Why was the night watchman off duty at the museum on the night of the theft?

Answer 28

He had holidays off, and it was the fourth of July.

Question 29

29. How did the Secret Science Alliance plan to get to the museum before Dr. Stringer?

Answer 29

They used the helicopter.

Question 30

30. What did Dr. Stringer call Ben?

Answer 30

Stringer called Ben a dumb jock. He called him stupid because his writing and spelling was hard to read.

Question 31

31. How did Julian help stop Dr. Stringer from escaping with the suitcase?

Answer 31

Julian used his pranks on him. He used the exploding itch powder pellet, stink ink, shoelaces tied together and the glue bomb.

Question 32

32. What does S.S.A. stand for?

Answer 32

Secret Science Alliance

Question 33

What did Mr.Hughes cook for Julian, Greta, and Ben the morning after the robbery?

Answer 33

He cooked waffles.

Question 34

Dr. Stringer wasn’t trying to steal the bust. What was he trying to steal?

Answer 34

Stringer wanted to steal Inventor Kablovsky’s hat, the “thinking cap.”

Question 35

35. Did Julian make friends at his new school?

Answer 35

Yes, he became friends with Greta and Ben.

Question 36

36. The SSA used a helicopter to solve the mystery of the copycat crook. What is Julian working on for the next vehicle?

Answer 36

Julian is drawing a secret science submarine.