View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Petra and Calder in the opening of Chapter Seventeen?
(a) In the school library.
(b) In Petra's family room.
(c) Near Mrs. Sharpe's home.
(d) In the bushes outside Ms. Hussey's living room windows.q

2. What is does Petra and Calder think Petra has found?
(a) It is a piece of the pencil the thief used to write the letter.
(b) Evidence that someone is committing forgery of a painting.
(c) There does not seem to be any sense to what they have found.
(d) A portion of the letter by the thief.

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

4. What artist does Ms Hussey quote?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Gauguin.

5. What do Petra and Calder learn in Chapter Eleven?
(a) "The Lady Writing" was stolen.
(b) Vermeer was never revered as an artist when he was alive.
(c) "The Lady Writing" was sent to the Guggenheim instead of Chicago.
(d) There are four of Vermeer's paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What truth does the thief say the public needs to learn?

2. What does the publication say in conclusion?

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

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

5. What had Petra and Calder seen coming?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 314 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample