Who Am I
The narrator of the story.
Who is Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?
The place to which Claudia and Jamie run away.
What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The price of a daily copy of The New York Times in 1967.
What is $0.10?
- The price today is $2.50.
"Oh, boloney!"
Who is Jamie?
The word that best describes what Claudia wanted to escape when she ran away from home.
What is "injustice."
Jamie and Claudia's grandfather.
Who is Saxonburg?
The place where Claudia explains to Jamie her plan to run away.
What the the school bus?
A type of fast food restaurant where meals are served from vending machines. Jamie and Claudia at many meals at this type of restaurant.
What is an automat?
- The last automat in the U.S. closed in 1991. It was Horn and Hardart located on 42nd Street in NYC.
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"Hey, Claude, I'll be your 'sponsibility the rest of..."
Who is Kevin Kincaid?
It's the card game that Jamie played against Bruce.
What is war?
Mrs. Frankweiler's chauffeur, who endures an annoying car ride home with Jamie.
Who is Sheldon?
The place where Claudia and Jamie hid to stay out of sight when the museum was closing.
What is the bathroom?
A once famous, now closed department store that Jamie suggests they visit to check out the TV department.
What is Gimbels?
- The store went out of business in 1987. It returned briefly for some scenes in the movie "Elf."
"You can't be extravagant any longer. It's not my money we're spending. It's our money."
Who is Jamie?
The amount of money Jamie has when they run away.
What is $24.43?
The youngest Kincaid sibling.
Who is Kevin?
Where Claudia and Jamie go to take a tour in Chapter 8.
What is the United Nations?
From Chapter 3, it's the cost of a bus ride in the city.
What is $0.20.
- Local bus fare is now $2.75/rider in NYC
"I didn't say differently, I said different. I want to go back different."
The price that Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler charged to the museum for Angel.
What is $225?
The artist suspected of creating the statue "Angel."
Who is Michelangelo?
The name of the library where Claudia and Jamie go to do their research.
What is the Donnell Branch Library?
From Chapter 7, the cost to rent a post office box at Grand Central Post Office.
What is $4.50/quarter ($18.00 per year.)
- Averages prices now run about $176/year for a standard size PO Box.
"I say, what's holding up this line? I repeat, what is holding up this line?"
Who is the man in the derby hat at the United Nations building?
It's how Mrs. Frankweiler acquired the sketch.
What is winning it in a card game?