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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do protests encourage the thief to do?
(a) Put the lady somewhere that the common people can enjoy her.
(b) Steal more paintings.
(c) Keep the lady.
(d) Return the lady and ignore the experts.

2. What does Petra see on the ground?
(a) A torn piece of canvas.
(b) A torn piece of paper.
(c) Some dribbles of color.
(d) A broken art pencil.

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

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

5. What is the Castiglione's treehouse?
(a) Where they find Calder.
(b) Where Petra and Calder always go to plan.
(c) A treehouse that is actually on the ground.
(d) A mythical meeting place.

6. What do the students try to distinguish between various Vermeer paintings?
(a) Which are real and which are fake.
(b) Which are painted before Vermeer becomes famous.
(c) Which are painted when Vermeer is suffering from a broken hand.
(d) Which are painted when Vermeer's mother was influential on his choices.

7. Why does Ms. Hussey not come to school?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She has been arrested.
(c) Her mother has died.
(d) She has taken a leave of absence.

8. Where is Old Fred found dead?
(a) On Mrs. Sharpe's porch.
(b) In Ms. Hussey's front yard.
(c) On the train.
(d) In Petra's backyard.

9. What happens when Petra and the security guard get out of the squad car?
(a) The car blows up.
(b) A man jumps in the car and leaves.
(c) Calder comes running towards them screaming.
(d) Someone fires a gun and hits the car.

10. What does Calder deliver to Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) An invitation.
(b) Another letter.
(c) A box of tea from Ms. Hussey.
(d) A package of books.

11. Why do Petra and Calder go to Fargo Hall?
(a) To apply for a grant to open the art gallery on campus.
(b) To take the FCAT.
(c) To register for the standardized test for their age group.
(d) To get hot chocolate.

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

13. Where do Petra and the security guard go?
(a) To the police department.
(b) To the basement.
(c) To Ms. Hussey's classroom.
(d) To find Calder.

14. Where do Petra and Calder wonder if the painting could be?
(a) At Powell's Books.
(b) Lower School.
(c) At Mrs. Sharpe's.
(d) In the train station.

15. What question is asked concerning both Ms. Hussey and Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) If they have been mistaken for someone else.
(b) If they are not just harmless women.
(c) If the two of them are part of a conspiracy.
(d) Why the two of them received letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after "The Lady Writing" is returned to the National Gallery?

2. What does a man with a foreign accent do?

3. What sign does Calder carry to hide the painting?

4. What other problem(s) is/are continuing for Petra and Calder?

5. What location at the school do Calder and Petra think is more interesting than King Hall?

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