Museum Tidbits
This is one of the first items in the museum that Claudia and Jamie are fascinated by because of its "smug appearance".
What is the black bronze Egyptian cat?
This is the name of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's lawyer and Claudia and Jamie's grandfather.
Who is Saxonberg.
Claudia and Jamie eat at this place on their first day outside of the museum.
WHAT IS the Automat?
What exactly is it that Claudia acquires from her conversations with Mrs. Frankweiler that changes her and makes her different than before her adventure?
A secret!
The bed Claudia and Jamie sleep in inside the museum was the bed belonging to whom?
Who is Amy Robsart, first wife of Lord Robert Dudley, who was allegedly murdered in that bed!
This is the name of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler's chauffeur.
Who is Sheldon?
This is what Claudia finds in the garbage that enables her and Jamie to travel to the city.
WHAT IS an unused ticket to Grand Central Station?
How does Claudia, in particular, react when she receives a letter from the museum in response to her letter about Angel possibly being sculpted by Michelangelo?
Claudia sobs and sobs and sobs in disappointment in Grand Central Station that they have achieved nothing during their adventure. She cries that there is no way they can go home empty-handed having not solved their mystery.
How much did the museum pay for the statue of the angel?
What is $225.00?
What is the name of Sheldon's friend at the museum and what is his job there?
Who is Morris, the security guard.
What do Claudia and Jamie use as luggage that helps "disguise" them as regular school kids?
Their instrument cases (violin and trumpet) and regular book bags.
Claudia and Jamie had previously ACTED as a team as siblings at home. What did Claudia think was different this time as they were running away from home as a team?
Claudia said that this time she FELT like a team in an addition to acting like a team. It FELT different to her as they were alone and making decisions together!
Where do Claudia and Jamie go in the museum on Sunday and what do they do there?
Where is a tiny chapel with stained glass and they say their prayers including the Lord's Prayer.
Who is the man called Parks?
Who is Parks is the butler for Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
This is what Claudia hides her violin case inside at the museum.
What is a sarcarphogus?
Claudia says she isn't necessarily running AWAY from something....but instead....
She is running TOWARD something.
How did Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler acquire the Angel sketch that proved that Angel was sculpted by Michaelangelo?
What is she won him in a poker game against a rich Italian nobleman.
What is the name of Claudia and Jamie's schoolbus driver?
Who is Herbert.
How do Claudia and Jamie accumulate money during their adventure?
They gather the pennies and nickels and dimes from the bottom of the fountain in which they bathe inside the museum.
Claudia always planned to go back home, BUT this time, how is returning home after running away DIFFERENT, for example, than returning home after summer camp?
The fact is that Claudia wants things to change; she doesn't want her life to be the same again. She wants to feel valued and important. She wants to feel that SHE has changed.