The book is structured to tell us that they have been doing this type of behavior for long enough. The first thing we see about Mrs. Powell is like her making fun of them when they ask if they can have separate rooms. In the world of goosebumps, where everybody is sort of vaguely upper middle class, it doesn't seem pretty old for the girls to be sharing a room.

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