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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the children find when they examined the pedestal?
(a) Michelangelo's signature
(b) Nothing
(c) An imprint from the bottom of the statue on the cloth
(d) A secret code to be decoded

2. Where did Claudia suggest the two children go after breakfast?
(a) Laundromat
(b) Library
(c) Church
(d) Home

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

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

5. Who answered the door when Claudia and Jamie ring the doorbell?
(a) Mrs. Frankweiler's attorney
(b) Butler
(c) Mrs. Frankweiler
(d) Lab technician

6. This chapter contained which of the following literary devices?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Simile
(d) Miniclimax

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

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

9. What did the tour guide do that Claudia imitated after the tour?
(a) Laughed in a unique way
(b) Talked in a special way
(c) Walked in a special way
(d) Use a foreign language

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

11. What was Jamie's favorite part of the UN tour?
(a) Tour guide from India
(b) Sari the tour guide wore
(c) Headphones with many language choices
(d) Seeing the many rooms

12. Why did the children not find much information at the first library?
(a) It was a children's library
(b) It was a small branch
(c) The books were too hard to read
(d) The books were written in Italian

13. How much does the post office box cost for three months?
(a) $7.50
(b) $4.50
(c) $5.00
(d) $1.50

14. Why did Claudia and Jamie decide they could not deliver the letter themselves?
(a) They were afraid of the director
(b) They didn't know where the director's office was located
(c) They couldn't risk being recognized
(d) They were afraid they'd be sent home

15. What was Mrs. Frankweiler completing which Claudia and Jamie had to wait to be completed?
(a) Painting
(b) Cooking
(c) Drawing
(d) Research

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first question that Mrs. Frankweiler asked the children?

2. Which of the following is the best description of what the children found to help them identify the statue?

3. Where did Claudia and Jamie take their baths?

4. What covered the pedestal where the statue used to be displayed?

5. Which of the following questions is not answered in this chapter?

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