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

2. What makes Petra nervous as they wander this other location?
(a) It is dark.
(b) It smells like there is something dead inside.
(c) It is creaky.
(d) It resembles some of Vermeer's paintings.

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

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

5. What is published the next day?
(a) A warning from the police.
(b) A plea from the Art Gallery.
(c) Another letter.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are young people encourage to do in the "After" section?

2. What sign does Calder carry to hide the painting?

3. Where do Petra and Calder wonder if the painting could be?

4. Where are Petra and Calder sitting at the opening to Chapter Sixteen?

5. What does a man with a foreign accent do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about the number twelve?

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

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

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

6. What happens to Ms. Hussey in Chapter Fifteen?

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

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

9. What does Petra find near Mrs. Sharpe's home?

10. What happens when Petra and Calder have tea with Mrs. Sharpe?

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