Mixed-Up Files Unit Comprehension Test Review

Who is the narrator of this story?

• Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• Claudia Kincaid
• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Jamie Kincaid
• E.L Kolingsburg

Where does the Kincaid family live?

• New York City, New York
• Greenville, Mississippi
• Greenwich, Connecticut
• Trenton, New Jersey
• Jackson, Mississippi

Which of the following is a reason Claudia decides to run away?

• Claudia's allowance was taken away.
• Claudia got into trouble at school.
• Claudia was tired of doing more chores than her brothers and tired of the monotony of her life.
• Claudia got grounded for a month.

How does Jamie manage to save $24.43?

• He mowed lawns on Saturdays for a month.
• He skipped buying hot fudge sundaes for a month.
• He found it in the park.
• He cheats when playing cards with Bruce.

How do Claudia and Jamie get the 40 blocks from Grand Central Station to the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

• They ride in a taxi.
• They ride a city bus.
• They walk.
• They ride a train.

Where does Claudia decide is the safest place for them to hide during the perilous time in the afternoons when the museum is closed to the public but the employees are still there cleaning up?

• in a booth (stall) in the main floor restrooms
• in the snack bar
• in a 16th Century Bed in the English Renaissance with the drapes closed
• in the fountain outside the main floor restaurant
• behind a tapestry in the Italian Renaissance Section

Where does Claudia decide is the safest place for them to hide during the perilous time in the mornings when the museum is closed to the public but the employees are still there getting ready for the day?

• under various beds in the musuem
• in the snack bar
• in a 16th Century Bed in the English Renaissance with the drapes closed
• in a booth (stall) in the main floor restrooms
• in the fountain outside the main floor restaurant

What does Claudia tell Jamie that they are going to take the wonderful opportunity they have been given while they are at the museum to do?

• sleep late each morning
• swim daily in the restaurant fountain
• choose a gallery a day to explore and learn in
• compete to see who can meet the most people during their stay

More than 100,000 people come to the museum on Friday to see the Angel statue because of the belief that it may be an early work of this Italian Renaissance master?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Pablo Picasso

If the assumed Italian Renaissance sculptor of Angel is proven to be the actual sculptor, what will its value be?

• $225.00
• $250.00
• $2,250.00
• $2,250,000