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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten and Eleven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the book "Chasing Vermeer"?
(a) Just to entertain.
(b) To teach young people in a fun way.
(c) To persuade children to stay away from a life of crime.
(d) To test intelligence.

2. Where do Petra and Calder live?
(a) In the same apartment complex.
(b) Across the city from each other.
(c) Near each other.
(d) In the same house.

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

4. What does Petra ask Calder to explain?
(a) About his box.
(b) About his mathematical genius.
(c) About his grandmother and her knowledge of the painting.
(d) About pentominoes.

5. What is in Petra's hair on the way to school the next morning?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Bird seed.
(c) Glitter.
(d) Twigs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Petra respond to what she notices about her father?

3. Where does Calder work?

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

5. Which color of M & M's do Petra and Calder decide to eat?

(see the answer key)

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