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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twelve and Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the artist she quotes say tell(s) a lie?
(a) Words.
(b) Belief.
(c) Humans.
(d) Art.

4. What excites Petra in school?
(a) Research writing.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) High-end mathematics.
(d) Drawing.

5. What is Ms. Hussey's class discussing at the opening of Chapter Four?
(a) The trip to the art museum.
(b) How math is related to art.
(c) Whether to have a second trip to the zoo.
(d) About visiting the museum of natural history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of events is explained in the book Petra is reading?

2. What most interests Calder?

3. What do Petra and Calder learn in Chapter Eleven?

4. How much do the students have to know about art to have an opinion about art?

5. What artist does Ms Hussey quote?

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