Characters
This character was spunky and proper, and also an art collector.
Who is Mrs. Frankweiler?
This is the place where Claudia and Jamie learned the truth about angel.
What is Mrs. Frankweiler's house?
This word means money you give to someone for doing a service for you. Hint: Jamie gave the taxi driver a _________ for taking them to Mrs. Frankweiler's house.
What is a tip?
Claudia and Jamie have to hide on these when only guards are in the building before the museum opens and after it closes.
What are toilets?
Why was the angel so important to Claudia?
It gave her something to focus on after running away became a little boring.
It gave her a chance to learn something and she loves to learn information.
It gave her a chance to solve a mystery and be a heroine.
This character is a penny pincher and loves complications.
Who is Jamie?
This is the place where Claudia and Jamie hid for a week.
This is the word that Claudia calls Jamie. It means a person who is unwilling to give or spend money.
What is a cheapskate?
Name a reason why Claudia wants to run away.
What is she was bored with getting all A's and doing the same things every week?
What is she felt there were many injustices in her life?
Why does Mrs. Frankweiler make the kids search through the files rather than just telling them the answer?
She wants them to work for it. She thinks they are the kind of kids that like to find things out for themselves. It will mean more to them if they discover it themselves. She hasn't decided if she wants to share her secret and if they find it she'll share, and if not, she won't.
This character did not like injustices or being dirty, but loves to plan ahead and be in charge.
Who is Claudia?
This is the place where Jamie was hoping they would stay when they ran away.
What is the woods?
This is the word that Jamie calls Claudia. It means a person who fussy or finds fault in other people a lot.
What is a fussbudget?
Name a reason why Claudia chose Jamie to go with her.
What is he was rich for his age?
What is he has a transistor radio?
What is he can keep secrets?
What is he is good for a laugh?
Why does Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler start her story with a letter to Saxonburg? Why does she write the whole story to Saxonburg?
To make the story more interesting and mysterious.
This character is a lawyer and a grandfather.
Who is Saxonburg.
In this part of the museum, Claudia and Jamie had to wait in a long line to see angel for the first time.
What is the Italian Renaissance?
This word means blending in and not getting people's attention. Hint: Claudia kept telling Jamie that they needed to be _____________ .
What is inconspicuous.
Before they run away, Claudia gives Jamie a paper with instructions about how to pack. She tells him to destroy it when he is done with it. This is what Jamie says he is going to do with it. He doesn't end up doing this.
What is eat the paper with the instructions on it?
Claudia says she wants to go home "different". What happens so that she can go home different?
She knows a secret that only 2 other people know. (Angel was really made by Michaelangelo.)
This character answers the door at Mrs. Frankweiler's house.
Who is Parks?
This is the car that Claudia and Jamie rode home in from Mrs. Frankweiler's house. It is the last setting in the book.
What is a Rolls Royce?
This is a fast food restaurant where food & drink is served by vending machines. Claudia and Jamie ate at one of these several times when they were living at the museum.
What is an automat?
This is the most important event in the story.
Several events will work as long as you have a good reason to support your answer.
Why does Claudia cry so hard when they get the letter back from the museum?
The people in charge of the museum already know about the clue. They don't get to be a hero and heroine.