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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Calder learn about his grandmother?
(a) Her best friend was a good friend of one of Vermeer's descendants.
(b) She painted the picture hanging in Calder's living room.
(c) Her favorite painter was Vermeer.
(d) She was quite a good artist herself.

2. How does Ms. Hussey seem to Calder and Petra?
(a) Nonplussed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Visibly upset.
(d) Unhappy.

3. Who is especially interested in the quote Ms. Hussey tells the students?
(a) Petra.
(b) Arthur.
(c) The genius of the class, Henrique.
(d) Calder.

4. What is published the next day?
(a) A book.
(b) A warning from the police.
(c) Another letter.
(d) A plea from the Art Gallery.

5. Where does Calder purposely get left behind?
(a) The basement at Powell's.
(b) The switchyard.
(c) The school basement.
(d) The museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charles Fort?

2. What is Ms. Hussey's class discussing at the opening of Chapter Four?

3. What is said in the publication?

4. What does Petra start looking for in the world around her?

5. How do the students respond to Ms. Hussey's quote?

(see the answer key)

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