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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Four and Five.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what University is the University School where Ms. Hussey teaches associated?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) New York University.
(c) It is not associated with a university.
(d) University of Chicago.

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

3. According to the artist quoted, what also tells the truth?
(a) Life.
(b) Art.
(c) Love.
(d) Beauty.

4. What is Petra doing in Powell's one day when she encounters Calder?
(a) Shelving books.
(b) Spying on Ms. Hussey.
(c) Writing down the name of poets.
(d) Reading.

5. What is the purpose of pentominoes?
(a) To teach by the use of mime.
(b) To enable the study of the world in a geometric way.
(c) To make something that is simple become very complex.
(d) To imitate something else.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is the novel set?

2. What type of projects and assignments are students working on in University School?

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

4. Who are Calder and Petra?

5. How is Petra's family described?

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