Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
Chapters 1-4
1. Who was in the picture from Russia?
2. How did Dan know the telegram was a clue and not a trick?
3. How did Amy and Dan lose the Kabras?
4. What did Amy and Dan find in the locker at the airport?
5. Why did Amy think she needed to climb to the eye of the statue, The Motherland Calls?
Chapters 5-8
6. Who distracted the tour guide in the playroom so Amy could get in the closet?
7. Who did Amy and Dan have voicemails from?
8. What was Tiny Tim?
9. Why did Amy and Dan go to the royal village?
10. How did Amy and Dan get into the palace?

 

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Date ___________________
The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
Chapters 9-12
11. Where were Amy and Dan hiding?
12. What did Amy and Dan find at the bottom of the building?
13. What was Dan jealous of?
14. How did Irina keep track of Amy and Dan?
15. What did Ian tell Amy on the phone?
Chapters 13-16
16. Where had NRR planned on taking Amy and Dan on the Shark?
17. What was Natalya, NRR, afraid of?
18. What does Eisenhower Holt accuse Amy and Dan of doing?
19. Why did Amy and Dan feel they needed to leave the room so quickly?
20. Why did Irina say she would have to get rid of the Cahill children when she met them in the Lucian stronghold?

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
Review
21. What color was frequently used in the clues?

Orange or amber

Red or rose

Green or forest
22. Who helped Amy and Dan escape the Lucian stronghold?

The man in black

Irina Spasky

NRR
23. Who was sending messages to Amy and Dan to help them?

IRR

NAR

NRR
24. What did Amy give to Irina to throw her off?

A letter

A paper weight

A map
25. What did Dan pay for the blue car?

30,000 rubles

40,000 rubles

20,000 rubles
26. What did Dan drive in Russia?

A motorcycle with a side car

A blue car

A blue moped
27. What was the bellboy waiting for at Amy's hotel room door?

A note

A tray

A tip
28. Who was watching Amy and Dan at State Kremlin Palace?

NRR

Irina

Man in black
29. What was the importance of Shulalov?

Royal family's vacation location

Rasputin's death location

Holt family location
30. Who was the picture of in the cylinder?

Rasputin

Amy

Ian
31. Who did Irina find driving Amy and Dan's blue car?

Amy

A bearded, old man

Dan
32. What did Amy find in the playroom closet at the royal palace?

A pin

A map

A gem
33. What was hiding inside the gold paper weight?

A key

An eye

A note
34. What did Dan open to hide in?

A closet

A coffin

A wardrobe

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
35. Who was following Amy and Dan to the airport?

Irina Spasky

Hamilton Holt

Ian Kabra
36. What was the Shark?

A train

A helicopter

A boat

 

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The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386)
Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.
1.   decipher
 feeling or showing extreme anger
 to work out the meaning of something difficult
 full of danger
 causing mental distress
2.   plume
 noisy and active in a violent manner
 a token of honor or achievement
 the act or practice of spying
 a mound of earth or stone used to hold back water
3.   masquerade
 the act of tearing down
 to pretend to be something or someone else
 to preserve or honor the memory of
 to place or set apart
4.   irate
 feeling or showing extreme anger
 to handle or control something, even the mind
 occurring together or at the same time
 having a face adorned with an eyeglass
5.   gargantuan
 a sudden violent disruption
 fixed firmly; settled comfortably
 a state of complete confusion
 of great size
6.   confounding
 someone who fights
 travel across or pass over
 to be confusing
 a gloomy or sullen manner
7.   bespectacled
 to show power or control
 extremely careful attention to detail
 great in size or extent
 having a face adorned with an eyeglass
8.   combatant
 a gloomy or sullen manner
 someone who fights
 extremely careful attention to detail
 to place or set apart
9.   ensconced
 decline or decay
 fixed firmly; settled comfortably
 the act or practice of spying
 noisy and active in a violent manner
10.   traverse
 travel across or pass over
 the act of tearing down
 having a face adorned with an eyeglass
 great in size or extent
11.   rambunctious
 noisy and active in a violent manner
 full of danger
 to handle or control something, even the mind
 to work out the meaning of something difficult
12.   morose
 a group of people with the same principles
 a gloomy or sullen manner
 occurring together or at the same time
 to preserve or honor the memory of

 

The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
Chapters 1-4
1. Who was in the picture from Russia?
Amy and Dan's parents
2. How did Dan know the telegram was a clue and not a trick?
It mentioned his bottle cap collection of which he'd only told Grace and Amy about.
3. How did Amy and Dan lose the Kabras?
They dropped the cell phone into a baby stroller.
4. What did Amy and Dan find in the locker at the airport?
a paper weight, a parchment with a message, a box with two passports, items to disguise themselves, a Russian guidebook, two plane tickets, and a Visa Gold card
5. Why did Amy think she needed to climb to the eye of the statue, The Motherland Calls?
The eye on the paper weight gave her the clue.
Chapters 5-8
6. Who distracted the tour guide in the playroom so Amy could get in the closet?
visiting children causing chaos
7. Who did Amy and Dan have voicemails from?
Nellie and a mystery man
8. What was Tiny Tim?
a blue Russian car
9. Why did Amy and Dan go to the royal village?
to visit Alexei's playroom
10. How did Amy and Dan get into the palace?
a rope through the window

 

The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
Chapters 9-12
11. Where were Amy and Dan hiding?
in the trunk of the blue car
12. What did Amy and Dan find at the bottom of the building?
a door of iron and wood with ancient dials
13. What was Dan jealous of?
Hamilton having fun while Dan was stuck in the airport
14. How did Irina keep track of Amy and Dan?
a satellite-operated device with images of their blue car
15. What did Ian tell Amy on the phone?
Ian said Amy and Dan were behind because they were searching for clues that had already been found.
Chapters 13-16
16. Where had NRR planned on taking Amy and Dan on the Shark?
to The Amber Room
17. What was Natalya, NRR, afraid of?
Irina discovering Amy and Dan
18. What does Eisenhower Holt accuse Amy and Dan of doing?
using them to gain in the clue race
19. Why did Amy and Dan feel they needed to leave the room so quickly?
It was a Lucian stronghold and they're Cahills.
20. Why did Irina say she would have to get rid of the Cahill children when she met them in the Lucian stronghold?
The Lucian agents would get rid of them if she didn't, and they'd kill her, too.

 

The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
Review
21. What color was frequently used in the clues?

Orange or amber

Red or rose

Green or forest
22. Who helped Amy and Dan escape the Lucian stronghold?

The man in black

Irina Spasky

NRR
23. Who was sending messages to Amy and Dan to help them?

IRR

NAR

NRR
24. What did Amy give to Irina to throw her off?

A letter

A paper weight

A map
25. What did Dan pay for the blue car?

30,000 rubles

40,000 rubles

20,000 rubles
26. What did Dan drive in Russia?

A motorcycle with a side car

A blue car

A blue moped
27. What was the bellboy waiting for at Amy's hotel room door?

A note

A tray

A tip
28. Who was watching Amy and Dan at State Kremlin Palace?

NRR

Irina

Man in black
29. What was the importance of Shulalov?

Royal family's vacation location

Rasputin's death location

Holt family location
30. Who was the picture of in the cylinder?

Rasputin

Amy

Ian
31. Who did Irina find driving Amy and Dan's blue car?

Amy

A bearded, old man

Dan
32. What did Amy find in the playroom closet at the royal palace?

A pin

A map

A gem
33. What was hiding inside the gold paper weight?

A key

An eye

A note
34. What did Dan open to hide in?

A closet

A coffin

A wardrobe

 

The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
35. Who was following Amy and Dan to the airport?

Irina Spasky

Hamilton Holt

Ian Kabra
36. What was the Shark?

A train

A helicopter

A boat

 

The 39 Clues: Book Five: The Black Circle
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0973386
1.   decipher
 feeling or showing extreme anger
 to work out the meaning of something difficult
 full of danger
 causing mental distress
2.   plume
 noisy and active in a violent manner
 a token of honor or achievement
 the act or practice of spying
 a mound of earth or stone used to hold back water
3.   masquerade
 the act of tearing down
 to pretend to be something or someone else
 to preserve or honor the memory of
 to place or set apart
4.   irate
 feeling or showing extreme anger
 to handle or control something, even the mind
 occurring together or at the same time
 having a face adorned with an eyeglass
5.   gargantuan
 a sudden violent disruption
 fixed firmly; settled comfortably
 a state of complete confusion
 of great size
6.   confounding
 someone who fights
 travel across or pass over
 to be confusing
 a gloomy or sullen manner
7.   bespectacled
 to show power or control
 extremely careful attention to detail
 great in size or extent
 having a face adorned with an eyeglass
8.   combatant
 a gloomy or sullen manner
 someone who fights
 extremely careful attention to detail
 to place or set apart
9.   ensconced
 decline or decay
 fixed firmly; settled comfortably
 the act or practice of spying
 noisy and active in a violent manner
10.   traverse
 travel across or pass over
 the act of tearing down
 having a face adorned with an eyeglass
 great in size or extent
11.   rambunctious
 noisy and active in a violent manner
 full of danger
 to handle or control something, even the mind
 to work out the meaning of something difficult
12.   morose
 a group of people with the same principles
 a gloomy or sullen manner
 occurring together or at the same time
 to preserve or honor the memory of