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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six and Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps Calder think?
(a) Listening to music.
(b) Working with the pentominoes.
(c) Creating stories in his head.
(d) Meditation.

2. How is Calder's home described?
(a) Orderly and quiet.
(b) Loud but quite orderly.
(c) Quiet and disorganized.
(d) Chaotic and loud.

3. What does Petra find at her home?
(a) A great deal of art.
(b) A correlation between truth and beauty.
(c) Very little art.
(d) Meaning in the everyday things she uses.

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) Clues are building blocks to solve a puzzle just as pentominoes build rectangles.
(c) The book is not related to pentominoes; it's just a way to catch the reader's attention.
(d) "Chasing Vermeer" has groups of twelve small puzzles that create a larger puzzle.

5. Who is not feeling well?
(a) Mrs. Sharpe.
(b) Petra's mother.
(c) Calder's grandmother.
(d) Calder.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the artist quoted, what also tells the truth?

2. What is Ms. Hussey's class supposed to investigate for this assignment?

3. What have these people chosen to do?

4. What is are pentominoes?

5. Where do Petra and Calder live?

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