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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. What crime is mentioned in the letter?
(a) Theft.
(b) It is not clear.
(c) Murder.
(d) Perjury.

2. Who is "Old Fred"?
(a) Petra's new stepfather.
(b) Tommy's new stepfather.
(c) Calder's uncle.
(d) Calder's cousin.

3. About whom does Calder worry?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Petra.

4. In what city is the novel set?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

5. Why are they calling the place?
(a) To see if "The Lady Writing" is there.
(b) To see if there are any paintings of Vermeer's contemporaries there.
(c) To ask about Vermeer's later life.
(d) To report the dream Petra keeps having.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has reading Fort helping Calder and Petra?

2. What shocks Petra?

3. What connections do Petra and Calder try to make?

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

5. Where can one find answers about the clues in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Calder think he and Petra should call The National Gallery?

2. What do Petra and Calder learn about the Lady and what do they decide to do?

3. What helps Calder think and what is he thinking about as he sits in his room?

4. What is Ms. Hussey teaching her students, and where is she teaching?

5. What do Calder and Petra learn about the Lady?

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

7. What does the letter published by the Chicago Tribune state?

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

9. What does Calder learn about his grandmother and what does he wish about Vermeer and Fort and why does he wish that?

10. Who did Calder used to spend his time with, and what does he do now?

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