Constant Confusion
Mr. and Mrs. Dinkledorff have a problem. They have identical quintu-
plets—Jessica, Jennifer, Justina, Judith, and Jackie—and they can’t
tell them apart. Read the clues below.
Then give the Dinkledorffs a
hand by writing each baby’s name in the space provided.
CLUES
A.
Judith is sitting between Jessica and Justina.
B.
Jessica has no one on her right-hand side.
C.
Jackie, the firstborn, always sits in front.
Name _______________________________________________________________
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Help the Dinkledorffs so they don’t get
mixed up again. Draw details on each quintuplet so their
parents can tell them apart.
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3. ________________________
1. ________________________
2. ________________________
5. ________________________
4. ________________________
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Q & A
Some questions have only one answer. Other questions,
however, have more than one answer. See how many
answers you can come up with for these questions.
1.
“Be sure not to lose these,” Sammi said as she and her friends left on a
week’s camping trip. What did Sammi hand her friends? ____________________
____________________________________________________________________________
2.
How would you know whether someone had lit a fire in the grill if you hadn’t
been there at the time? _____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
3.
Dad looked out the car window and said, “This would not be a good place to
grow crops.” How did he reach this conclusion? ____________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
4.
How can you tell if a person is very strong? _________________________________
5.
“There must have been a wedding here,” Frank said. How did he come to this
conclusion? ________________________________________________________________
6.
How are a cow and a chicken the same? ____________________________________
7.
If you saw a hole in the ground, how could you conclude if it was deep or
shallow? ___________________________________________________________________
8.
How could you tell it was windy, without going outside? ____________________
____________________________________________________________________________
9.
About 70 percent of the earth is covered with water. The remaining 30 per-
cent is land. People don’t live on all that land. Why not? ____________________
____________________________________________________________________________
10.
If you were in the woods and saw what looked like lights through the trees,
what might they be? ______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Name _______________________________________________________________
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