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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 is does Petra and Calder think Petra has found?
(a) A portion of the letter by the thief.
(b) Evidence that someone is committing forgery of a painting.
(c) It is a piece of the pencil the thief used to write the letter.
(d) There does not seem to be any sense to what they have found.

2. Who does Mrs. Sharpe know who was murdered?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A renowned French artist who was her second cousin.
(c) A friend of hers from college who was a Vermeer scholar.
(d) No one.

3. What is Xavier's nickname?
(a) The Glitter Man.
(b) The X.
(c) The Spook.
(d) The Artist's Gumshoe.

4. What do Petra and Calder wonder about Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) If she stole the painting.
(b) If she is the lady in the painting reincarnated.
(c) If Ms. Hussey knows who Mrs. Sharpe really is.
(d) If she is a bit crazy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petra begin to question?

2. What happens when Petra and the security guard get out of the squad car?

3. Where do Petra and Calder see Mrs. Sharpe again?

4. To whom are Calder and Petra supposed to give the object from Mrs. Sharpe?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the number twelve?

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

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

4. What do Petra and Calder learn on the evening news?

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

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

7. Where does Petra find Calder and the painting?

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

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

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

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