Mystery Genre Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 28871)


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a person running from the law
a) sleuth
b) culprit
c) fugitive
d) witness

the person who committed the crime
a) culprit
b) fugitive
c) sleuth
d) witness

a false clue or lead
a) deduction
b) red herring
c) assumption
d) inference

proof that a suspect was nowhere near the crime
a) fact
b) lead
c) alibi
d) deduction

the chance to commit the crime
a) means
b) opportunity
c) motive
d) reason

the suspect had a way to commit the crime
a) means
b) motive
c) opportunity
d) chance

the reason the suspect commits the crime
a) means
b) motive
c) opportunity
d) excuse

a guess based on facts
a) deduction
b) inference
c) assumption
d) interrogation

asking questions relating to the crime
a) questioning
b) interrogating
c) deducing
d) inferring

the detective or private investigator in the case
a) red herring
b) sleuth
c) culprit
d) fugitive

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