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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Sharpe know who was murdered?
(a) A renowned French artist who was her second cousin.
(b) No one.
(c) A friend of hers from college who was a Vermeer scholar.
(d) Her husband.

2. What does Petra wonder about Ms. Hussey and Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) If they are in cohorts.
(b) If they know the thief.
(c) Their connections to the crime.
(d) If they are in danger.

3. What deadline does the thief give for his demands to be met?
(a) January 11.
(b) February 1.
(c) January 21.
(d) February 14.

4. Who broke her leg?
(a) Mrs. Sharpe.
(b) Ms. Hussey.
(c) Petra's mother.
(d) Tommy's mother.

5. What are young people encourage to do in the "After" section?
(a) Create their on adventures.
(b) Pay attention to strange coincidences.
(c) Take up painting.
(d) Study some of the less well known painters.

6. From whom does Calder receive a phone call?
(a) His mother.
(b) Tommy.
(c) His boss at Powell's Books.
(d) His cousin.

7. What does the thief say if his demand is not met by that deadline?
(a) He will destroy "The Lady Writing".
(b) Someone will die.
(c) He will blow up the Art Institute of Chicago.
(d) He will blow up the Louvre.

8. What is published the next day?
(a) A plea from the Art Gallery.
(b) Another letter.
(c) A warning from the police.
(d) A book.

9. Where is Calder caught?
(a) On the basement steps.
(b) On the playground.
(c) In a hallway.
(d) In the parking lot.

10. How much do the students have to know about art to have an opinion about art?
(a) They have to at least studied the major artists of Vermeer's time.
(b) Not much.
(c) They have to have taken a semester of art appreciation.
(d) They have to be experts.

11. Where are Petra and Calder in the opening of Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Near Mrs. Sharpe's home.
(b) In the school library.
(c) In the bushes outside Ms. Hussey's living room windows.q
(d) In Petra's family room.

12. How many dollars was the thief going to get for the Vermeer painting?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 5 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 60 million.

13. What do Petra and Calder do on November 22?
(a) Have tea with Mrs. Sharpe.
(b) Get out of school early.
(c) Try to contact Vermeer in a seance.
(d) Have tea at the Art Institute of Chicago.

14. What does the publication say in conclusion?
(a) The world should be able to enjoy Vermeer's painting.
(b) It is time to return the painting.
(c) The thief is selfish.
(d) Vermeer would not have condoned theft.

15. How do those caught in the thief's plan feel?
(a) Indignant.
(b) Amused now that the scheme was thwarted.
(c) Angry.
(d) Awful for being duped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Sharpe give Petra and Calder?

2. Why is Mrs. Sharpe asking for police protection?

3. What do Petra and Calder learn about Mrs. Sharpe's husband?

4. What does Petra find where he has been left behind?

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

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