Chasing Vermeer Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Chasing Vermeer Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Calder the box he pulls out to look in?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His brother.

2. How does Petra respond to what she notices about her father?
(a) She gets defensive.
(b) She is worried.
(c) She wants to call a doctor.
(d) She laughs.

3. What shocks Petra?
(a) The woman in her dream is the same as is painted on Calder's box.
(b) Two other girls from school are wearing the same dress.
(c) The lady in her dreams is from a Vermeer painting.
(d) Calder is wearing a costume she recognizes.

4. What do Petra and Calder decide to list?
(a) The names of the paintings in which the woman in Petra's dream appears.
(b) Ms. Hussey's movements.
(c) All the strange happenings that have taken place recently.
(d) Ways dream images can be interpreted.

5. Who does Calder think he and Petra should call?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Guggenheim.
(c) The National Gallery.
(d) The Smithsonian.

6. What excites Petra in school?
(a) High-end mathematics.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Research writing.

7. What does Petra's father bring up?
(a) A poor grade Petra made in math class.
(b) The mysterious writing in his favorite novel.
(c) Petra's being late for dinner.
(d) A letter.

8. Who is especially interested in the quote Ms. Hussey tells the students?
(a) Calder.
(b) The genius of the class, Henrique.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Petra.

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

10. Who seems to speak to Petra with knowing eyes?
(a) Ms. Hussey.
(b) A woman in a dream.
(c) Petra's father.
(d) Petra's grandmother.

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

12. Who is Louise Coffin Sharpe?
(a) The first owner of the book "Lo!".
(b) Petra's grandmother.
(c) Calder's great aunt.
(d) The author of Calder's book on art.

13. What does Petra think it all means?
(a) She thinks it has something to do with Calder.
(b) She thinks it's a joke.
(c) She thinks her best friend knows the answer.
(d) She is not sure.

14. In what does Calder feel trapped?
(a) Having to spend time with Petra.
(b) A dangerous situation.
(c) A no-win situation.
(d) A puzzle.

15. What do Petra and Calder learn about Vermeer?
(a) That he was deaf.
(b) That much is unknown about his life.
(c) That he was color blind.
(d) That he was orphaned at a very young age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petra dress up as on Halloween?

2. What connections do Petra and Calder try to make?

3. Of what is "Lo!" full?

4. In what city is the novel set?

5. What is art to Calder?

(see the answer keys)

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