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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. Who seems to speak to Petra with knowing eyes?
(a) Ms. Hussey.
(b) Petra's grandmother.
(c) A woman in a dream.
(d) Petra's father.

2. What does Petra do when she sees Ms. Hussey dropping something off at Powell's?
(a) Looks at the map.
(b) Follows Ms. Hussey.
(c) Takes what Ms. Hussey drops off.
(d) Puts the cd in her player.

3. What does Petra decide she wants to do after reading "Lo!"?
(a) Study odd happenings in the world.
(b) Refute his theories.
(c) Give the book to her adventurous cousin.
(d) Draw some of her own odd happenings.

4. What are two topics that the reader learns about in "Chasing Vermeer"?
(a) Music and biology.
(b) Science and Music.
(c) History and medicine.
(d) Art and computers.

5. What does the artist she quotes say tell(s) a lie?
(a) Art.
(b) Belief.
(c) Words.
(d) Humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is especially interested in the quote Ms. Hussey tells the students?

2. Who is "Old Fred"?

3. What shocks each of the three people?

4. What is art to Calder?

5. What type of events is explained in the book Petra is reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the book "Lo!" about?

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

3. What do Petra and Calder do to try to make sense of everything that's been happening?

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

5. To what does the author compare pentominoes?

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

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

8. Who are Calder and Petra, and how do they differ?

9. What do Ms. Hussey and the students discuss in class and what does she quote from Picasso?

10. Why is the University School founded, and how what Ms. Hussey think of this?

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