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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. How does the book suggest the reader view the artwork in "Chasing Vermeer"?
(a) The reader should view the artwork as if it were writing.
(b) The art work is not mentioned.
(c) The reader should look closely at the art work.
(d) The art work is merely for decorative purposes.

2. What type of events is explained in the book Petra is reading?
(a) Unexplained events.
(b) Normal events.
(c) Those based upon customs long past.
(d) Impossible events.

3. 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) About visiting the museum of natural history.
(d) Whether to have a second trip to the zoo.

4. With whom did Calder usually spend his free time until recently?
(a) Robert.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Petra.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the book "Chasing Vermeer"?

2. What do people supposedly do with the strange events in "Lo!"?

3. What crime is mentioned in the letter?

4. What does the artist she quotes say tell(s) a lie?

5. From where do the clippings in "Lo!" seem to come?

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