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

2. Who is Xavier Glitts?
(a) Petra's father's boss.
(b) The policeman who helped Petra.
(c) The real name of Fred Steadman.
(d) A Vermeer expert who is called in to authenticate "The Lady Writing".

3. Why does Ms. Hussey not come to school?
(a) She has taken a leave of absence.
(b) Her mother has died.
(c) She has been arrested.
(d) She is ill.

4. Where are Petra and Calder in the opening of Chapter Seventeen?
(a) In the bushes outside Ms. Hussey's living room windows.q
(b) In Petra's family room.
(c) Near Mrs. Sharpe's home.
(d) In the school library.

5. What has Ms. Hussey received?
(a) A letter from her ex-husband.
(b) One of the letters from the thief.
(c) Bail from an anonymous well wisher.
(d) A reprimand from the school board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petra imagine in the bath?

2. What do Calder and Petra discuss on their walk to school?

3. What does Calder deliver to Mrs. Sharpe?

4. What is Xavier's nickname?

5. What do protests encourage the thief to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Calder find "The Lady Waiting"?

2. Why do Petra and Calder run out of Delia Dell Hall and what do they decide to do?

3. What hypothetical question does Ms. Hussey ask the Calder and Petra and what is their response?

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

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

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

7. Why is Petra nervous in Delia Dell Hall?

8. What is significant about the number twelve?

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

10. What occurs on the visit Petra and Calder make to the hospital to visit Mrs. Sharpe?

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