“Al Capone Does My Shirts”
Game Board
Start
You arrive
at Alcatraz
Directions: Cut out the game cards on the following page and turn them
upside down by the game board. You will need one dice and some game
pieces to play. Decide who goes first and play the game. When you land on
a “pick card” circle, your opponent will need to read it to you because the
answer is on the card. Enjoy the game!
Pick
Card
Moose
meets Piper
Roll again
Moose
meets the
warden
Go
back 2
Go ahead 3
Shake to
go back
Go to
the
Laundry
Room
Pick
Card
Shake to
go back
Pick
Card
Laundry
Room
Go
back 4
Go
back 1
Pick
Card
Natalie
meets 105
Go back 5
spaces
Lose
next
turn!
Congratulations!
You got Natalie
into school!
Wise Guys © 2012
Pick
Card
Pick
Card
Pick
Card
Go
ahead
1
Go
back 6
Pick
Card
Go ahead 3
spaces
Wise Guys © 2012
What was Moose’s sisters name?
What birthday do they
keep celebrating for
Natalie?
Answer: Natalie
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
Answer: her 10th birthday
Correct: move ahead 2
Incorrect: move back 2
Who is the warden’s daughter?
How much did they
charge for one shirt
to be washed?
Answer: Piper
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 4
Answer: 5 cents
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
Who comes up with
the Laundry plan?
Who helps Natalie get
into the school at the end
of the book?
Answer: Piper
Correct: move ahead 2
Incorrect: move back 4
Answer: Al Capone
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
What game do the
convict’s play?
What job does Moose’s mom make him do when
she goes into town?
Answer: baseball
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
Answer: watch Natalie
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
What does
“105” refer to?
What school does
Natalie get into?
Answer: the convict 105
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
Answer: Esther P. Marinoff
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 5
What does Moose’s mom have to go
into town for?
How old actually
is Natalie?
Answer: piano lessons
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 3
Answer: 16
Correct: shake again
Incorrect: move back 5