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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was their first order of business for the two children?
(a) Hide themselves
(b) Find food
(c) Find the train station
(d) Read the newspaper

2. How long do Claudia and Jamie wait before doing anything after the bus driver leaves the bus?
(a) 6 min 50 sec
(b) 8 min 2 sec
(c) 8 min
(d) 7 min 45 sec

3. Where does Jamie think he and Claudia will be hiding out before Claudia tells him the real place?
(a) Bus
(b) Subway
(c) House
(d) Woods

4. How old is Jamie?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 8
(d) 9

5. Where does the bus driver take the bus after dropping the kids off at school?
(a) Another school
(b) A lot where it sits all day
(c) His house
(d) A bus garage

6. How does Mrs. Frankweiler plan to get the letter she is writing to where it is going?
(a) Post office
(b) Chauffer delivery
(c) Attorney delivers it
(d) Self delivery

7. Which of the following is the best synonym for attorney?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Brief
(c) Notary
(d) Prosecutor

8. Which of the following is the best synonym for mixed-up?
(a) Arranged
(b) Sorted
(c) Commanded
(d) Messy

9. Where do Claudia and Jamie plan to spend the night?
(a) Bathrooms
(b) Children's museum
(c) The train station
(d) Poster bed with drapes

10. Which of the following characters is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Claudia
(b) Saxonberg
(c) Mrs. Frankweiler
(d) Will

11. What does Claudia insist that she and Jamie do everyday?
(a) Learn something new
(b) Make new friends
(c) Read the newspaper
(d) Cover up their tracks and belongings within the museum

12. What does the word merit mean as used to describe Claudia's views of Jamie's plan?
(a) Burden
(b) Disadvantage
(c) Inconvience
(d) Advantage

13. Which of the following is the best definition of file as used in the title of this novel?
(a) Dossier
(b) Report
(c) Line
(d) Folder

14. Which of the following literary devices describes a series of events that occur in a novel?
(a) Structure
(b) Theme
(c) Plot
(d) Setting

15. Which of the following reasons can the reader assume leads Claudia to the belief that she is better than Jamie?
(a) She is older
(b) She is female
(c) She does not believe she is better than Jamie
(d) She planned better than he does

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudia want to do?

2. How many of Claudia's siblings are girls?

3. What game does Jamie usually play on the bus on the way home?

4. Which of the following words best describes how Jamie wants Claudia to feel in the Italian Renaissance room?

5. How many brothers does Claudia have?

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