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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. Where does Calder purposely get left behind?
(a) The basement at Powell's.
(b) The museum.
(c) The school basement.
(d) The switchyard.

2. Where does Calder find "The Lady Waiting"?
(a) On the merry go round in the play yard at the school.
(b) In the squad car in his front driveway.
(c) In Mrs. Sharpe's back yard.
(d) In the Castiglione's treehouse.

3. How do Petra and Calder rethink their estimate of the thief?
(a) That he is more ruthless than they had thought.
(b) That he is bluffing.
(c) That he knows more about Vermeer than they realized.
(d) That he is insane.

4. How much do the students have to know about art to have an opinion about art?
(a) They have to be experts.
(b) Not much.
(c) They have to have taken a semester of art appreciation.
(d) They have to at least studied the major artists of Vermeer's time.

5. What does Ms. Hussey's class soon resemble?
(a) A 17th century studio.
(b) A museum and laboratory.
(c) A space shuttle.
(d) Organized chaos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Petra and Calder hold a bake sale?

2. What is said in the publication?

3. What is the Castiglione's treehouse?

4. How do those caught in the thief's plan feel?

5. How many dollars was the thief going to get for the Vermeer painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the thief's letter appears in newspapers around the world?

2. What do Calder and Petra wonder as they sit in Gracie Hall?

3. How is Ms. Hussey's class metamorphosing?

4. What happens when Petra enters her kitchen the next morning?

5. Where does Calder manage to be left behind and what does he find?

6. What happens to "The Lady Waiting" and how does the National Gallery respond to part of the thief's demands?

7. Who is chasing Petra and Calder and what happens?

8. Who do Petra and Calder see on their way to school and what does she give them?

9. How do Petra and Calder manage to have access to some of the hidden areas of the school?

10. What does the letter from Tommy say and how do Petra and Calder help?

(see the answer keys)

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