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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said in the publication?
(a) It is an appeal to the artistic taste of the thief.
(b) It says that they are very close to catching the thief.
(c) It says if the painting is returned, no charges will be filed.
(d) It praises the thief for the good that has come from the theft.

2. What do Petra and Calder learn about Mrs. Sharpe's husband?
(a) He had been a Vermeer scholar.
(b) He is in a nursing home near her home.
(c) He went missing many years ago while researching Vermeer.
(d) He left her for a woman who resembled the lady in Vermeer's paintings.

3. What does Ms. Hussey's class soon resemble?
(a) A 17th century studio.
(b) A museum and laboratory.
(c) Organized chaos.
(d) A space shuttle.

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

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

6. What does Petra find where he has been left behind?
(a) A painting.
(b) A photography of the Lady painting.
(c) Another letter.
(d) A body.

7. What do Calder and Petra pretend their assignment is?
(a) To make a drawing of the train station.
(b) To make a map of the school.
(c) To interview art experts.
(d) To learn about detective work.

8. 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.

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

10. Why is Mrs. Sharpe asking for police protection?
(a) She receives a letter from the thief.
(b) Someone broke in to her home.
(c) Her son-in-law has gone berserk.
(d) A vagrant has been bothering her.

11. What sign does Calder carry to hide the painting?
(a) A sign from the last production in the theater.
(b) None.
(c) A tornado shelter sign.
(d) A "slippery when wet" sign.

12. 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) Why the two of them received letters.
(d) If the two of them are part of a conspiracy.

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

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

15. Where does Calder purposely get left behind?
(a) The basement at Powell's.
(b) The switchyard.
(c) The school basement.
(d) The museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is published the next day?

2. Who is Xavier Glitts?

3. What number is associated with odd coincidences?

4. What is does Petra and Calder think Petra has found?

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

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