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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the weather like at the opening of the novel?
(a) Very hot.
(b) Blizzard conditions.
(c) Warm
(d) Unusually cold.

3. What is Ms. Hussey's class discussing at the opening of Chapter Four?
(a) Whether to have a second trip to the zoo.
(b) About visiting the museum of natural history.
(c) The trip to the art museum.
(d) How math is related to art.

4. What does Petra dress up as on Halloween?
(a) The lady from her dream.
(b) One of the characters is a book she likes.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) A rock star.

5. With whom did Calder usually spend his free time until recently?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Robert.
(c) No one.
(d) Petra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excites Petra in school?

2. What is the purpose of the book "Chasing Vermeer"?

3. Of what University is the University School where Ms. Hussey teaches associated?

4. How has reading Fort helping Calder and Petra?

5. What shocks Petra?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a set of pentominoes work?

2. How do Petra and Calder's families differ?

3. How are clues related to the story?

4. What is Ms. Hussey's assignment, and what is Calder's first response to the assignment?

5. What does Calder discover in Mrs. Sharpe's home?

6. What is given to three people on a warm, October night and what have the three chosen to do?

7. What interrupts Calder's writing about his assignment?

8. Where can the reader find the answers to the clues given in the art work?

9. What sort of books has Ms. Hussey chosen in Powell's Bookstore?

10. What do Petra and Calder do additional study on and what does Petra learn about the woman in her dream?

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