From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Quizzes

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Quiz 1

1 Who does Mrs. Frankweiler address her letters to?
Tyrion

Claudia

Saxonberg

Jamie
2 What is the one thing that Mrs. Frankweiler claims Saxonberg is NOT interested in?
Dog shows

Taxes

The law

His grandchildren
3 What is Saxonberg’s relationship to Mrs. Frankweiler?
Her lawyer

Her boyfriend

Her chauffeur

Her butler
4 What is Mrs. Frankweiler irritated about in the first letter she writes?
Politics

Saxonberg making mistakes on her taxes

Two children messing up her files

Saxonberg being boring
5 What is Mrs. Frankweiler’s purpose in writing her first letter to Saxonberg?
To tell a story from her youth

To explain the changes she wants made in her last will and testament

To explain a murder

To gain his sympathy
6 What has Claudia decided to do at the beginning of the book?
Flee to safety in northern California

Get straight A’s in school

Become a paleontologist

Run away
7 Where does Claudia decide to run away to?
The mountains

Her grandmother’s house

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Her friend Beth's house
8 Who does Claudia choose to accompany her?
Her dog

Her best friend Sarah

Her middle brother, Jamie

Her grandmother
9 What best describes the personality of Claudia?
Glum, sad, quiet

Intelligent, a careful planner, loves nice things

A shrewd observer, sarcastic, wise

Quiet, funny, a careful saver
10 What best describes the personality of Jamie?
Glum, sad, quiet

Intelligent, a careful planner, loves nice things

Quiet, funny, a careful saver

A shrewd observer, sarcastic, wise
11 What award did The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler win?
The Newbery Medal

The Pulitzer Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize

The Purple Heart
12 What is NOT one of the reasons that Claudia decides to run away?
Her father hit her once

She gets the smallest allowance of anyone in her class

She is annoyed that she must do most of the chores

She is tired of her monotonous life
13 Why does Claudia choose her brother Jamie to accompany her?
He has a pass to the Met

He has a great deal of money

He is her best friend

He speaks seven languages
14 What luxury must Claudia give up for her adventure?
Perfumes

Pokemon cards

Hot fudge sundaes

New clothes
15 What does Claudia find in her parents' wastebasket?
A ten-ride ticket with only nine rides clipped out

A twenty dollar bill

A cigarette

A blank check
16 What is the significance of this discovery?
Claudia can fund her entire runaway venture

Claudia can buy dozens of hot fudge sundaes

Claudia can blackmail her parents for better treatment

Claudia will be able to run away sooner than expected
17 How does Claudia prepare for her adventure to New York?
By reading maps and travel books

By creating detailed GoogleMaps documents

By buying a fake ID

She doesn't prepare
18 Where does Claudia tell her brother Jamie about her plan?
In their classroom at school

In the bathroom

In the kitchen

On the bus
19 What does Jamie usually do on the bus?
Stare off into space

Play war with his friend Bruce

Play go fish with his friend Bruce

Play Pokemon Go
20 How do Jamie and Bruce seal their deal to not shuffle their decks?
Taking each other's stack

They both shuffle at night

Spitting on the cards

Memorizing the first card on the top
21 What is Jamie's initial reaction when Claudia tells him that she wants him to accompany her on an adventure?
He is not thrilled

He is excited

He cries

He is worried for her
22 How does Claudia convince Jamie to come with her?
She flatters him

She blackmails him

He does not come with her

She bribes him
23 How much money does Jamie have?
Twenty-four dollars and forty-three cents

Sixty dollars and fifty cents

One thousand dollars

Two hundred and fifty dollars
24 How will Claudia and Jamie pack their possessions?
In their mother's suitcase

In their instrument cases

In their pants

In a pet carrier
25 What does Claudia do before they board the train?
Buy some cereal

Mail two letters

Run home

Cry

How did Claudia and Jamie became a team

Asked by Chance F #795882

Answered by Kaylin R #1340337 on 3/26/2024 12:10 AM

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how did they arrive to the museum?

After getting off the train, they walk forty blocks from the station to the museum.

Asked by isabella b #1290665

Answered by Aslan on 2/19/2023 2:13 AM

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why is the novel called like that?

The novel is a little chaotic and mixed up hence the title. Mrs. Frankweiler's files are all mixed up and the book is a little scrambled or mysterious too.

Asked by isabella b #1290665

Answered by Aslan on 2/19/2023 2:11 AM

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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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