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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claudia plan on entering the museum the first time?
(a) Back door
(b) Children's museum door
(c) Front door
(d) Side door

2. Why does Claudia want to buy a newspaper?
(a) To find out more about the statue
(b) To see if she is reported missing
(c) To see why the lines in the museum are so long
(d) To keep her vow to learn something new every day

3. What does Claudia make Jamie promise to do once he has read her plan?
(a) Put it in his trumpet case
(b) Destroy it
(c) Burn it
(d) Hide it

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which amount is close to the amount Jamie has saved from his allowance and his game playing?

2. What day of the week do Claudia and Jamie plan to run away on?

3. What was their first order of business for the two children?

4. Which of the following is the best synonym for mixed-up?

5. How does Mrs. Frankweiler plan to get the letter she is writing to where it is going?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Claudia believe she has to do the majority of the household chores?

2. List one reason Claudia chooses Jamie to run away with her.

3. What could happen if Jamie is not so frugal with the money?

4. Why does Jamie pick the Italian Renaissance room?

5. Why doesn't Mrs. Frankweiler deliver her letter herself?

6. What word best describes the role at this point of Mrs. Frankweiler in this novel?

7. What genre would the prologue indicate this novel will be?

8. How does Claudia want to get to the museum?

9. What causes the sounds that Claudia hears as they are walking down the aisle of the bus?

10. Describe Jamie and Claudia's bus ride to school.

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