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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 does Calder say speaks to him and gives him answers?
(a) An inner voice.
(b) His pentominoes.
(c) His dreams.
(d) Pictures.

2. What is in Petra's hair on the way to school the next morning?
(a) Twigs.
(b) Bird seed.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Glitter.

3. Who is especially interested in the quote Ms. Hussey tells the students?
(a) Arthur.
(b) The genius of the class, Henrique.
(c) Petra.
(d) Calder.

4. What does Calder love about the box?
(a) The way the grains of wood create a pattern.
(b) The way the lid is hinged.
(c) The smoothness of the wood.
(d) The painting on the cover.

5. Who are Calder and Petra?
(a) Two cousins.
(b) Petra is in Ms. Hussey's class and Calder is in a rival classroom.
(c) Brother and sister.
(d) Two students in Ms. Hussey's class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Petra and Calder live?

3. Of what is "Lo!" full?

4. Why is Petra embarrassed?

5. With whom did Calder usually spend his free time until recently?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Charles Fort believe people do?

7. What is Petra's father upset about and what is Petra's response?

8. To what does the author compare pentominoes?

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

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

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