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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade is Claudia in?

2. How much money does Jamie have?

3. What does Claudia appoint Jamie to be?

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

5. How old is Jamie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why it is important for Claudia and Jamie to hide their belongings each morning.

2. Why does Claudia choose Wednesday to run away?

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

4. Where does Jamie try to convince Claudia to stay when they are in New York City?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do Jamie and Claudia hid on the bus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how effective Claudia's plans were throughout the novel. Include specific examples from the text to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

If you had access to all of the resources in the world, how would you have gone about trying to find the answer to who created the statue? Describe in very specific details the process you would go through.

Essay Topic 3

At many points throughout the novel, Jamie and Claudia could have been caught. Explain at least three different times where they could have been caught and how it might have happened, and make a prediction as to how they might have escaped after being caught. Remember to include specific examples from the novel in your essay.

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