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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 Petra doing in Powell's one day when she encounters Calder?
(a) Writing down the name of poets.
(b) Spying on Ms. Hussey.
(c) Shelving books.
(d) Reading.

2. Why was University School started?
(a) To see if a school could exist on private funding alone.
(b) As an experiment.
(c) To serve the families of the military.
(d) To enable unique students to get a quality education.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of pentominoes?

2. What most interests Calder?

3. What does Calder think when he sees Petra in her Halloween costume?

4. According to the artist quoted, what also tells the truth?

5. In what city is the novel set?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Petra begin looking for, and does she find it at home?

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

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

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

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

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

9. To what does the author compare pentominoes?

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

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