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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Claudia take advantage of that Jamie did not?
(a) Wash her hands
(b) Eat lunch
(c) Help to make macaroni and cheese
(d) Take a bath in the black bathtub

2. Why did the worker's move the angel statue?
(a) Reorganization of the museum
(b) Protection from theives
(c) A special exhibit
(d) Normal Saturday events

3. What was Mrs. Frankweiler's house filled with that reminds Claudia and Jamie of the museum?
(a) Antiques
(b) Stores
(c) Books
(d) Filing cabinets

4. What tension was released during their bath time for the children?
(a) Dwindling funds
(b) Clothes cleaning
(c) Statue mystery
(d) Homesickness

5. Which of the following words best describes how Claudia felt after reading the letter from the museum director?
(a) Uplifted
(b) Discouraged
(c) Depressed
(d) Encouraged

6. How much did it cost to tour the UN building?
(a) One dollar
(b) 50 cents
(c) 25 cents
(d) 75 cents

7. How did Jamie and Claudia know there was a school group getting ready to enter the room?
(a) They knew a school group was in the room every day at that time
(b) They saw them
(c) They read the schedule
(d) They heard them

8. Where did Claudia and Jamie go after they left Grand Central Station and found no letter?
(a) Museum
(b) Library
(c) United Nations building
(d) To see Mrs. Frankweiler

9. When did the children decide they would begin their investigation?
(a) Monday night
(b) Sunday morning
(c) Saturday night
(d) Monday morning

10. What was Jamie's job at the second library?
(a) Looking for pictures of the statue
(b) Watching for guards
(c) Reading about Michelangelo
(d) Reading the newspapers

11. What did Claudia do to Jamie to keep him from talking?
(a) Clamp his head over his mouth
(b) Elbow him in the gut
(c) Kick him in the knee
(d) Gag him

12. How did Jamie feel with Claudia when she would not let him talk to his classmates?
(a) Happy
(b) Suspicious
(c) Angry
(d) Relieved

13. What did the children do after they finished at the laundromat?
(a) Automat
(b) Museum
(c) Train station
(d) Library

14. Why were the children surprised at the way Mrs. Frankweiler was dressed?
(a) She was wearing all white
(b) She was wearing all black
(c) She had a painting smock over her clothes
(d) She was wearing a lab coat

15. How did Jamie think he could warn Claudia about the workers?
(a) Notes through the window
(b) Telepathy
(c) Phone message
(d) Whispering

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Claudia and Jamie not rent the post office box?

2. Where was Jamie anxious to go?

3. After three days, what did the children decide they were in need of?

4. Which of the following descriptors did Jamie and Claudia discuss and decide did not pertain to them?

5. Why did Claudia and Jamie decide they could not deliver the letter themselves?

(see the answer keys)

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