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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the thief say he will do if the public does not respond to the thief's demands?
(a) He will auction the painting off to the highest bidder.
(b) He will kill himself.
(c) He will destroy "The Lady Waiting".
(d) He will drop "The Lady Waiting" into Lake Michigan in a waterproof container.

3. What type of projects and assignments are students working on in University School?
(a) Ones that look to the future.
(b) Ones that try to merge past knowledge with next-century knowledge.
(c) Ones that are relevant to daily life.
(d) The typical school type assignments.

4. How does author say "Chasing Vemeer" is related to pentominoes?
(a) The book is organized on the basis of the four sides of a rectangle.
(b) The book is not related to pentominoes; it's just a way to catch the reader's attention.
(c) Clues are building blocks to solve a puzzle just as pentominoes build rectangles.
(d) "Chasing Vermeer" has groups of twelve small puzzles that create a larger puzzle.

5. What does Calder say all the oddness probably is?
(a) Petra's imagination running viral.
(b) Silly superstitions.
(c) Another dimension leaking through.
(d) Someone perpetuating a hoax.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the book suggest the reader view the artwork in "Chasing Vermeer"?

2. What do Petra and Calder learn about Vermeer?

3. What connections do Petra and Calder try to make?

4. What shocks each of the three people?

5. What does Calder learn when he researches Vermeer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Petra and Calder do to try to make sense of everything that's been happening?

2. What is the book "Lo!" about?

3. Why does Calder think he and Petra should call The National Gallery?

4. Who are Calder and Petra, and how do they differ?

5. What does Charles Fort believe people do?

6. How do Petra and Calder's families differ?

7. What do Calder and Petra learn about the Lady?

8. How do the students respond to the quote by Picasso, and who is especially intrigued by it?

9. What sort of books has Ms. Hussey chosen in Powell's Bookstore?

10. What do Petra and Calder dress as for Halloween?

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