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What’s missing?
This game reveals how quickly
information can disappear from
your short-term memory.

Step 1
Study the 14 objects on the tray for
30 seconds, and then cover the picture.

Step 2
Now look at the tray below. Five items
have been removed—but which ones?
Uncover the picture above and see if you
were right. Did you get them all?

Questions
1 What time of day is it?

2
How were the tables
decorated?
What flavor was
3 the cake?
Who was the party
4 for?
5
Where did Jenny think
Chester was? Who’s who?
6 How good are you at
spotting tiny differences in
What is the last name
patterns? Try solving this
of Jenny’s neighbors?
problem and see.
Look back at the story to check
your answers. If you got five right
you’ve done well. A good way to
Freddy, a much-loved
help remember detail is to picture
pet tortoise, above
what’s happening in the story in
your head.
ead.
right, has gone
ri gh t , h
g. A reward
missing
en offered for
has bee
urn, and the
his retu
four tor rtoises below A B
have be een handed
in. But which one is
Freddy? ? Turn to page
186 to fi
find out if you
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