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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Petra and Calder rethink their estimate of the thief?
(a) That he is more ruthless than they had thought.
(b) That he knows more about Vermeer than they realized.
(c) That he is bluffing.
(d) That he is insane.

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

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

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

5. What other problem(s) is/are continuing for Petra and Calder?
(a) Just problems with Petra's father.
(b) None.
(c) Just problems with Tommy's situation.
(d) Petra's father acting strangely and problems Tommy mentioned.

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

7. What does Petra begin to question?
(a) If she should go to the police.
(b) If her imagination is working overtime.
(c) If she is overlooking a simple answer.
(d) If she is missing a vital piece of the puzzle.

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

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

10. What does Calder use as an way to look for large storage spaces?
(a) Wanting to help Mrs. Sharpe with some cleaning.
(b) Wanting to see more of the items in her basement.
(c) Pretending he was chasing a mouse.
(d) The need to use the bathroom.

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

12. What does Mrs. Sharpe give Petra and Calder?
(a) A bag of cookies.
(b) A letter to mail.
(c) An apple a piece.
(d) A bag of odd objects.

13. Where do Petra and Calder see Mrs. Sharpe again?
(a) Powell's Bookstore.
(b) Museum.
(c) The room where the new art gallery is to go at the school.
(d) Hospital.

14. Where are Petra and Calder sitting at the opening to Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Gracie Hall.
(b) Petra's front porch.
(c) Outside Powell's Books.
(d) Mrs. Sharpe's front porch.

15. What does Calder find that would be a good place to hide a painting?
(a) A large wardrobe.
(b) A false wall.
(c) Steps to the attic.
(d) A false floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked concerning both Ms. Hussey and Mrs. Sharpe?

2. What do Calder and Petra discuss on their walk to school?

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

4. What does Petra imagine in the bath?

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

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