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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 is Ms. Hussey's class supposed to investigate for this assignment?
(a) Behavior.
(b) Manners.
(c) Letter writing.
(d) Bullying.

2. What does Petra think it all means?
(a) She is not sure.
(b) She thinks it's a joke.
(c) She thinks it has something to do with Calder.
(d) She thinks her best friend knows the answer.

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

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

5. How do Calder and Petra decide to help the Lady?
(a) By talking to Ms. Hussey.
(b) By learning more about who the lady is.
(c) By paying attention to everything around them.
(d) By hiring a private investigator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What artist does Ms Hussey quote?

2. What is art to Calder?

3. What is are pentominoes?

4. What does Calder say speaks to him and gives him answers?

5. What does Petra do when she sees Ms. Hussey dropping something off at Powell's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the letter from Tommy say, and what is Calder's thoughts about the letter?

2. How do the students respond to the quote by Picasso, and who is especially intrigued by it?

3. What about Petra's Halloween outfit is familiar to Calder and what shocks Petra about something she sees in a book about Vermeer?

4. What does the author challenge the reader to do concerning the artwork and why?

5. What is wrong with Ms. Hussey and what do Caler and Petra think about all the problems?

6. How does Petra obtain the book called "Lo!"?

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

8. What do Petra and Calder dress as for Halloween?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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