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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. From whom does Calder receive a phone call?
(a) His boss at Powell's Books.
(b) Tommy.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.

2. What does the publication say in conclusion?
(a) The thief is selfish.
(b) The world should be able to enjoy Vermeer's painting.
(c) It is time to return the painting.
(d) Vermeer would not have condoned theft.

3. Where are Petra and Calder sitting at the opening to Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Petra's front porch.
(b) Outside Powell's Books.
(c) Gracie Hall.
(d) Mrs. Sharpe's front porch.

4. What does Mrs. Sharpe give Petra and Calder?
(a) A bag of odd objects.
(b) A letter to mail.
(c) An apple a piece.
(d) A bag of cookies.

5. What does Petra encounter when she walks into the kitchen the next morning?
(a) Her parents with horrified looks on their faces.
(b) Her dog is whining.
(c) Her brother is on the floor barking.
(d) No one is home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is published the next day?

2. What is does Petra and Calder think Petra has found?

3. Where are Petra and Calder in the opening of Chapter Seventeen?

4. What does Petra imagine in the bath?

5. What do Petra and Calder wonder about Mrs. Sharpe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Petra find Calder and the painting?

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

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

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

5. Why is Petra nervous in Delia Dell Hall?

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

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

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

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

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

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