Running Away
the city to which the Kincaid kids run away
What is New York City?
Who is Saxonberg?
the type of mealtime outing (normally to a park, with a basket and blanket) that Claudia doesn't like
What's a picnic?
betting money on games, this is how Jamie makes money
What is gambling?
the full name of the art museum where the Kincaid kids stay
What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
the method of transportation Jamie and Claudia used to run away
What is the train?
the industry from which Mr. Frankweiler amassed his fortune
What is the corn oil industry?
how Jamie makes his money
this word means "city" and is in the name of the art museum
What is metropolitan?
this crime supposedly happened in the bed the kids sleep in
What is murder?
what the kids use as luggage
What are their instrument cases?
the amount of money for which Mrs. F sold the Angel
What is $225?
meaning "difficulties" or "obstacles," this word is what Jamie says he likes
What is "complications"?
a person who is tight with money
What is a pinchpenny?
the artist who purportedly created the Angel statue
Who is Michaelangelo?
what Jamie does with Claudia's instructions
What is eating and then trashing?
a person who drives another person around (Mrs. F has one of these)
What is a chauffeur?
this word means the rules of a language; Claudia is kind of a nerd about it
What is grammar?
a fussy person
What is a fussbudget?
the art period during which Michaelangelo lived and worked
What is the Italian Renaissance?
Claudia and Jamie write a letter to their parents telling them not to call this organization
What is the FBI?
Mrs. F tells Saxonburg that, when he's looking through her files, he should remember that sometimes THIS "proves more profitable than the goal"
What is the search?
the number of Kincaid siblings total
What is four?
this is how Jamie tries to communicate with Claudia without speaking
What is telepathy?
the fountain that Jamie and Claudia use as a bath and a bank
What is the Fountain of the Muses?