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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. Where did Jamie suggest they go instead of Claudia's suggestion?
(a) Library
(b) Home
(c) Chapel in museum
(d) Laundromat

2. Which of the following is the best description of what the children found to help them identify the statue?
(a) 3 concentric circles with the letter M in the middle of one
(b) 3 ellipses with the letter M in the middle of one
(c) 3 ellipses with the letter M in the middle of each
(d) 3 circles with the letter M in each

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

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

5. Which of the following literary terms is found in this chapter?
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Irony
(c) Tension
(d) Personification

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jamie feel with Claudia when she would not let him talk to his classmates?

2. Where did Mrs. Frankweiler tell the children the answer to the secret they were researching lie?

3. What time did the workers normally leave the museum?

4. When did the children decide they would begin their investigation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How long do Claudia and Jamie have to solve the mystery?

2. How does Claudia think the mark had been made at first?

3. What is Claudia's reaction to the director's letter?

4. What deal does Mrs. Frankweiler make with Claudia and Jamie?

5. Why doesn't Claudia want to return home?

6. What does Jamie suggest Claudia could do to become a different person that she did not appreciate?

7. Where does Jamie suggest they go Sunday morning?

8. Why is Claudia upset when she got out of the bath?

9. What do Claudia and Jamie discuss before they go to bed?

10. What does Jamie think of Claudia's plan?

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