Running out of time
From the Mixed up Files
Dinosaurs Before Dark
Night of the Twisters
May B
100

Who is the author of Running out of Time?

Margaret Peterson Haddix

100

Who is the author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?


CH1: Who is telling the story? To whom is she telling it?

E.L Konigsburg


Mrs. Frankweiler to her lawyer Saxonberg

100
Who are the main characters for Dinosaurs Before Dark? Where does the setting of the book take place?

Jack and Annie 

Frog Creek Woods

100

Who is the Author?

Ivy Ruckman 

100

Who is the author

Caroline Rose

200

What year does everyone in clifton think it is?

what is the actual year?

1840

1996

200

 Where did Claudia decide to run away to?

Where does Claudia live?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (p.5) in New York City

Greenwich, CT

200

Who was the first to enter the tree house?

Jack 

200

Where was a tornado watch called?

Grand Island, Nebraska

200

Where does the story take place?

Kansas prairie 

300

What does jessie tell her sister that she wants to be when she grows up?

Doctor

300

Who did Claudia choose as her companion to run away with?

Jamie (p.5)

300

What contents were in the tree house?


  • The tree house is filled with both old and new books, snacks, and dusty old toys
300

How old was Dan Hatch?

Twelve (12)

300

Where is May moving to?

The Oblingers' soddy

400

What illness was affecting many children in the village?

diptheria

400

Who is Saxonberg?

The lawyer of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

400

How old are Jack and Annie? Where do they live?

Jack is 8 1/2 and Annie is 7 years old. They live in Frog Creek Pennsylsvania


400

When was the tornado watch called for Grand Island, Nebraska?

June 4 (Tuesday), 1980

400

What is May's real name?

What are her two other nicknames?  

Mavis Elizabeth Betterly

May Betts and May B.  

500

What does jessie do with her hair before she leaves Clifton?

un braids it

500

CH1: How long did it take Claudia to save for the train fare? How much was it?

three weeks, $1.60, but they could travel for half the fare

500

What kind of book did Annie give Jack?

Annie gave Jack a book about dinosaurs.

500

How many tornados came through and destroyed the city?

Seven (7)

500

Is Mrs. Oblinger kind?

pg. 22 NO, she is very strict even though she's barely older than May

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