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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Calder and Petra decide to help the Lady?
(a) By talking to Ms. Hussey.
(b) By learning more about who the lady is.
(c) By hiring a private investigator.
(d) By paying attention to everything around them.

2. What do Petra and Calder wonder about Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) If she is the lady in the painting reincarnated.
(b) If she stole the painting.
(c) If Ms. Hussey knows who Mrs. Sharpe really is.
(d) If she is a bit crazy.

3. What appears in newspapers around the world?
(a) The thief's letter.
(b) A picture of Ms. Hussey handing the stolen painting to Mrs. Sharpe.
(c) A picture just recently found of Vermeer.
(d) A picture of Mrs. Sharpe stealing the painting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is art to Calder?

2. Where can one find answers about the clues in the book?

3. What do the students try to distinguish between various Vermeer paintings?

4. What is the purpose of pentominoes?

5. What does Petra do when she sees Ms. Hussey dropping something off at Powell's?

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