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What did they find in their bathtub in the mixed up files?
Claudia and Jamie quickly realize that they’ve found an easy source of income—and end up collecting a whole $2.87 during their bath time. It may not be a huge fortune, but it sure beats waiting for their allowance. They can’t resist going to the Great Hall for one more peek at the angel statue.
How old is Jamie From the Mixed Up Files?
9-year-old
Claudia Kincaid is tired of the injustices and monotony in her life. She decides if she runs away, her parents will learn to appreciate her. She chooses 9-year-old Jamie, the wealthiest of her younger brothers, to accompany her.
How much money did Jamie have in the mixed up files?
What is strange about it? Jamie has $24.43 that he saved from his allowance and that he got from cheating his friend Bruce at WAR for money. Jamie’s money is only in nickels and pennies. It is so heavy it pulls his pants down.
Why did Claudia run away?
Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid decides to run away from her home in Greenwich, because she thinks that her parents do not appreciate her. She takes refuge in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) in New York City, with her brother Jamie. She chooses Jamie as her companion partly because he has saved all his money.
What is Mrs Basil wearing when the kids meet her?
She is wearing a white lab coat and pearl necklace.
Why do you think Claudia is so interested in the angel?
Claudia wants to be intrinsically different; she wants to have something special that she can keep inside of her, like, say, the secret of who made the angel statue. If she knew that juicy tidbit that everyone was looking for, she’d feel as though she had something special over everyone else.
Is Mrs Basil E Frankweiler real?
And though Frankweiler—and her exchange of the truth about the statue for an account of the kids’ adventure in the museum—isn’t based on a real person, her desire for mystery and excitement rings true for anyone in search of an adventure of their own.
How did Claudia and Jamie get home?
Mrs. Frankweiler makes a deal with them: If they find the file on the angel statue in her file collection, she will give them a ride home. They end up locating the file and solving the mystery of the statue’s maker, so they are then returned to their home and parents by Mrs. Frankweiler’s chaffeur.
Who does Jamie play cards with on the bus?
Jamie has saved money by playing the card game War with his friend Bruce for money. Each day on the bus ride home from school, Jamie and Bruce play an ongoing game of War, which involves breaking a deck of cards into two piles and flipping over a card from each deck.
What did Claudia and Jamie eat?
They eat some soup without even waiting for Claudia, and Jamie lets it slip that they’ve been at the Met all week.
Why does Claudia pick Jamie to run away with?
Claudia feels overlooked and bored with her life, so she decides to do what any normal twelve-year-old would: run away. She can’t go alone, so she picks her brother Jamie to go with her because he is rich (in kid’s terms, at least).
Is the Mixed Up Files a real story?
Author E.L. But what fans of the book may not know is that Konigsburg’s fantastical story was inspired by real life events. The author first revealed her story’s origins in a 2001 issue of the Met’s Museum Kids magazine, which was appropriately titled the “Mixed-up Files Issue,” according to Smithsonian magazine.
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