From the Missing Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Chapter 9

Who is Claudia and Jamie going to visit in Chapter 9?

• Their parents

• Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

• Mrs. Frankweiler's lawyer

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Based on the setting description at the beginning of Chapter 9, which would best describe Mrs. Frankweiler?

• poor

• wealthy

• arrogant

• independent

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"They shuffled and scratched, and Jamie even emitted two very false sneezes to attract my attention." What does emitted mean?

• loudly

• to release

• to hold in

• to prevent

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How did Mrs. Frankweiler know that Jamie and Claudia had run away?

• She knew their parents.

• She read about it in the newspaper.

• She saw them on the security cameras in the museum.

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Why did Mrs. Frankweiler sell the statue to the museum?

• She was moving out of her house.

• She didn't like looking at it anymore.

• She didn't want to donate it.

• A friend of hers that works at the museum wanted the statue.

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The tub looks like a black marble swimming pool sunken into the floor.

• idiom

• pun

• simile

• metaphor

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"Sometimes I stink at keeping secrets."

• simile

• personfication

• metaphor

• idiom

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Why was Claudia surprised at Jamie when he paid the cab driver?

• He gave the driver all of their money.

• He didn't give the driver a tip.

• He had more money than she thought he did.

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How does Jamie describe himself as a card player?

• very skilled

• cheater

• untalented

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Why does Claudia not want to call her parents to come pick her and Jamie up from Mrs. Frankweiler's house?

• She doesn't ever want to go back home.

• She's afraid her parents will punish her.

• She wants to solve the mystery before they go home.

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