| A | B |
| Connecticut | state where Claudia and Jamie live |
| injustices | why Claudia wants to run away |
| four kids | number of children in Claudia and Jamie's family |
| War | the card game Jamie played with his friend |
| lots of money | what Jamie had |
| train | how the kids got to New York |
| New York | city where Claudia and Jamie went |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | where the kids went in the City |
| instrument cases | where they hid their clothes |
| Marie Antoinette's bed | where they slept |
| bathroom stalls | where they hid when the museum was opening and closing |
| fountain in front of the restaurant | where they bathed |
| a source of money in the museum | the fountain |
| automat | where the kids often ate |
| "Angel" | statue that Michelangelo might have created |
| Saxonberg | Mrs. Frankweiler's lawyer and Claudia and Jamie's grandfather |
| three intersecting rings | Michelangelo's mark |
| New York Public Library | where Claudia and Jamie researched Michelangelo |
| chauffeur driven car | how Claudia and Jamie got home |