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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 a man with a foreign accent do?
(a) Picks up a letter Petra and Calder drop.
(b) Accidentally bump into Calder.
(c) Hide in the bushes by Mrs. Sharpe's house.
(d) Ask Petra and Calder a lot of questions.

2. What does the thief say if his demand is not met by that deadline?
(a) He will blow up the Art Institute of Chicago.
(b) He will blow up the Louvre.
(c) Someone will die.
(d) He will destroy "The Lady Writing".

3. Where do Petra and Calder wonder if the painting could be?
(a) Lower School.
(b) At Powell's Books.
(c) In the train station.
(d) At Mrs. Sharpe's.

4. Who is Xavier Glitts?
(a) Petra's father's boss.
(b) The policeman who helped Petra.
(c) A Vermeer expert who is called in to authenticate "The Lady Writing".
(d) The real name of Fred Steadman.

5. Why is Mrs. Sharpe asking for police protection?
(a) A vagrant has been bothering her.
(b) She receives a letter from the thief.
(c) Someone broke in to her home.
(d) Her son-in-law has gone berserk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears in newspapers around the world?

2. What does Ms. Hussey's class soon resemble?

3. What question is asked concerning both Ms. Hussey and Mrs. Sharpe?

4. To whom are Calder and Petra supposed to give the object from Mrs. Sharpe?

5. What do protests encourage the thief to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the letter from Tommy say and how do Petra and Calder help?

2. What occurs on the visit Petra and Calder make to the hospital to visit Mrs. Sharpe?

3. What happens when Petra enters her kitchen the next morning?

4. What does Petra think about as she is reviewing what happened at Delia Dell?

5. Why is Petra nervous in Delia Dell Hall?

6. What happens when Petra and Calder have tea with Mrs. Sharpe?

7. Where does Calder manage to be left behind and what does he find?

8. What is significant about the number twelve?

9. How does Calder find "The Lady Waiting"?

10. How is Ms. Hussey's class metamorphosing?

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