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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 Jamie in?

2. Which of the following places was NOT an area where Claudia and James hid their belongings?

3. How many brothers does Claudia have?

4. What are Claudia and Jamie scouting for throughout the museum?

5. Which of the following is the best antonym for prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Claudia and Jamie wait for awhile before coming up out of their hiding places?

2. Describe Jamie's role as treasurer.

3. How do the children acquire many of their lunches?

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

5. Where do Jamie and Claudia ride on the train once they are in New York City?

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

7. What is Claudia protesting by running away?

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

9. How does Jamie earn a lot of his money?

10. What is the purpose of the prologue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an epilogue chapter to balance out the prologue at the beginning of this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Claudia's feelings throughout the novel go up and down. Explain a time when you were going through a situation where your feelings changed as significantly as Claudia's did. Write about this time and draw comparisons to Claudia in the novel. Be sure to use both personal examples and examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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