Worksheet Solutions: The Case of the Fifth Word | Worksheets with Solutions for Class 8 PDF Download

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Instruction: Select the correct option for each question.

Q1. What was Encyclopedia Brown’s real name?
(a) Daniel
(b) Tim
(c) Leroy
(d) Nolan

Ans: (c) Leroy
Only his parents and teachers called him Leroy; everyone else called him Encyclopedia.

Q2. Why was Encyclopedia given the nickname "Encyclopedia"?
(a) He loved collecting books.
(b) He remembered all facts he read.
(c) He worked at a library.
(d) He wrote an encyclopedia himself.

Ans: (b) He remembered all facts he read.
His head was full of facts from A to Z, just like an encyclopedia.

Q3. What business did Tim Nolan start in Idaville?
(a) Jewellery shop
(b) Palm-tree nursery
(c) Grocery store
(d) Bookshop

Ans: (b) Palm-tree nursery
After leaving prison, Nolan started a small palm-tree nursery.

Q4. What did Nolan leave for Davenport in his will?
(a) Jewellery
(b) Palm-tree nursery
(c) House and gold
(d) Only money

Ans: (b) Palm-tree nursery
Nolan left everything he owned, including the nursery, to Davenport.

Q5. What was the hidden meaning of the four words “Nom Utes Sweden Hurts”?
(a) They were random words.
(b) They were names of countries.
(c) They stood for days of the week.
(d) They were part of a poem.

Ans: (c) They stood for days of the week.
Each word represented a day (Nom–Monday, Utes–Tuesday, Sweden–Wednesday, Hurts–Thursday).

Fill in the Blanks

Instruction: Fill in the blanks with the correct word based on the chapter.

Q1. Encyclopedia was in the ______ grade.
Ans: eighth

He was an eighth grader but the smartest detective.

Q2. Chief Brown was the ______ of Police in Idaville.
Ans: Chief

He was respected as one of the smartest police chiefs.

Q3. Nolan and Davenport first met while they were in ______.
Ans: prison

They became friendly in prison before planning the robbery.

Q4. The clerk could not testify against Nolan because she was not ______.
Ans: absolutely sure

She thought she recognised Nolan, but wasn’t sure.

Q5. The stolen jewellery was finally found under a young ______ tree.
Ans: fir

The code pointed to Friday (Fir-day), meaning under the fir tree.

Very Short Answer Questions 

Instruction: Answer the following questions in one line.

Q1. Who was the Chief of Police in Idaville?
Ans: Chief Brown.

Q2. Who was Nolan’s partner in crime?
Ans: Daniel Davenport.

Q3. What illness did Nolan suffer from?
Ans: A bad heart (heart disease).

Q4. What was clipped to Nolan’s will?
Ans: A sheet from his desk calendar.

Q5. What did Nolan manage to do just before dying?
Ans: He wrote his will and placed it on the kitchen table.

Short Answer Questions 

Instruction: Answer the following questions in 2–3 lines.

Q1. Why did Encyclopedia’s father keep his son’s detective skills a secret?
Ans: Chief Brown felt nobody would believe that an eighth grader was the best detective, so he kept his son’s talent a secret.

Q2. How did Encyclopedia get clues from his parents’ conversation?
Ans: His parents discussed cases openly at dinner, knowing Encyclopedia would quietly listen and think over the details.

Q3. Why did Chief Brown suspect Nolan and Davenport in the robbery?
Ans: They had met in prison, Davenport moved in with Nolan before the robbery, and a clerk thought she saw Nolan’s face during the crime.

Q4. How did Encyclopedia crack the calendar code?
Ans: He realised each strange word represented a day of the week with “day” dropped—Nom (Mon-day), Utes (Tues-day), Sweden (Wednes-day), Hurts (Thurs-day).

Q5. Where was the jewellery hidden and how did Encyclopedia know?
Ans: It was hidden under a young fir tree. The unwritten fifth word from the code was “Friday,” which led to “Fir-day.”

Match the Following

Instruction: Match Column A with the correct option in Column B.

Ans: 1 – b, 2 – c, 3 – d, 4 – a, 5 – e

Leroy was Encyclopedia, Chief Brown was his father and police chief, Nolan started the palm-tree nursery, Davenport was Nolan’s friend and crime partner, and the stolen jewellery was hidden under the fir tree.