1. List three significant events from section1.

2. Why did Claudia feel that she needed to run away?

3. What did Claudia like most about the idea of running away?

4. When did Claudia's "fiscal week" begin?

5. In well-written sentences, describe Claudia's plan for the runaway trip.

6. Why did Jamie have so much money?

7. Where did Claudia tell Jamie to hide his trumpet?

8. Why didn't the bus driver discover Claudia and Jamie hiding on the bus?

9. Why did Jamie make so much noise as he walked off the bus?

10. What was in the two letters that Claudia mailed when she and Jamie got off the train?