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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Calder learn when he researches Vermeer?
(a) Vermeer uses the same objects in many of his paintings.
(b) Vermeer started painting when he was seventy-seven.
(c) Vermeer was scorned as an artist for many years.
(d) Vermeer started painting when he was three.

2. What is Calder contemplating?
(a) A way to use the pantominoes to demonstrate mathematical principles.
(b) How to create a perfect sphere.
(c) A definition for structure.
(d) Ms. Hussey's assignment.

3. When does Vermeer paint "A Lady Writing"?
(a) 1679.
(b) 1638.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1703.

4. What does Petra find at her home?
(a) Meaning in the everyday things she uses.
(b) A correlation between truth and beauty.
(c) A great deal of art.
(d) Very little art.

5. Of what is "Lo!" full?
(a) Quotes.
(b) Adages.
(c) Strange happenings.
(d) Poetry.

6. What shocks each of the three people?
(a) The danger involved.
(b) The time it will take to pursue their goals.
(c) The contents of the letter they receive.
(d) That they have been chosen for such an honor.

7. Where can one find answers about the clues in the book?
(a) On a website.
(b) In footnotes.
(c) In the appendix in the back of the book.
(d) In the teacher's guide.

8. What does the Chicago Tribune publish?
(a) A list of Vermeer's paintings.
(b) A schedule of the Art Institute of Chicago's gallery hours.
(c) A demand for ransom money.
(d) A letter from the thief of "The Lady Waiting".

9. From whom does Calder receive a letter?
(a) A company he wrote about pentominoes,
(b) Tommy.
(c) A company he wrote about a new game idea.
(d) His cousin.

10. What does Petra do when she sees Ms. Hussey dropping something off at Powell's?
(a) Takes what Ms. Hussey drops off.
(b) Puts the cd in her player.
(c) Follows Ms. Hussey.
(d) Looks at the map.

11. What is are pentominoes?
(a) A place where bad children are kept.
(b) A circus.
(c) Geometric shapes.
(d) A place when dogs are trained.

12. Besides the writing itself, what gives clues to aid in solving the mystery?
(a) The individual vocabulary words.
(b) The chapter titles.
(c) The appendix.
(d) The artwork.

13. What does Petra dress up as on Halloween?
(a) A rock star.
(b) One of the characters is a book she likes.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) The lady from her dream.

14. What is Petra doing in Powell's one day when she encounters Calder?
(a) Reading.
(b) Writing down the name of poets.
(c) Shelving books.
(d) Spying on Ms. Hussey.

15. How does the book suggest the reader view the artwork in "Chasing Vermeer"?
(a) The reader should view the artwork as if it were writing.
(b) The art work is merely for decorative purposes.
(c) The reader should look closely at the art work.
(d) The art work is not mentioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is art to Calder?

2. How do Calder and Petra decide to help the Lady?

3. What is significant about the number twelve in the story?

4. Who is Louise Coffin Sharpe?

5. What helps Calder think?

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