| 1. | What is the Game? How do you play? |
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| 2. | What is th SPFD and why are they interested in Xander and Xena? |
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| 3. | What happened when Xena and Xander asked for a saucer of milk for their snake? |
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| 4. | Xander and Xena each have special skills and abilities. What are they, and how do they help them solve the mystery? |
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| 5. | What was different about the box marked “Bakers—Irregular”? How did Xander open the trapdoor? |
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| 6. | How did Xander and Xena find out that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather? How would you feel about having a famous ancestor? |
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| 7. | What was in the book that Mr. Brown gave to Xena and Xander? |
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| 8. | Why does Andrew Watson dislike Xena and Xander? |
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| 9. | Who is Nigel Batheson? What happened to the Girl in a Purple Hat? |
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| 10. | What was odd about Batheson’s painting Abner at the Fair? |
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| 11. | Why do you think Aunt Mary sent Andrew along on the trip to Taynesbury? |
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| 12. | Who is the girl in the purple hat? |
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| 13. | What is a Knucker, and how is it important to the story? |
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| 14. | What did Xander and Xena find in the room behind the gallery and why did it surprise them? |
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| 15. | Who are Annie and Sarah? |
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| 16. | Why is Annie making copies of the Girl in a Purple Hat? How does she make sure that they couldn't be mistaken for the real thing, and why is that so important? |
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| 17. | What did Xander and Xena learn from Mrs. Batheson's letters? |
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| 18. | What is deduction? |
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| 19. | After the daisy incident, what did Xander realize about the model in the painting? |
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| 20. | How did Xander and Xena figure out where Robert Batheson went to boarding school? Why was this information important to the case? |
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| 21. | What gadgets did Xena bring along on the trip to the Worthington school? How were they useful? |
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| 22. | How did Xander and Xena find the painting? Where was it hidden? |
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| 23. | What do you know about Sherlock Holmes? |
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