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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To whom are Calder and Petra supposed to give the object from Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) Mr. King.
(b) The principal at their school.
(c) They are to keep it themselves.
(d) Ms. Hussey.

4. What artist does Ms Hussey quote?
(a) Vermeer.
(b) Michelangelo.
(c) Gauguin.
(d) Picasso.

5. What does Petra dress up as on Halloween?
(a) One of the characters is a book she likes.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) The lady from her dream.
(d) A rock star.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Ms. Hussey received?

2. In what month does the book open?

3. How is Petra's family described?

4. Where are Petra and Calder in the opening of Chapter Seventeen?

5. Why hypothetical situation does Ms. Hussey put to Calder and Petra?

(see the answer key)

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