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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 more ruthless than they had thought.
(b) That he knows more about Vermeer than they realized.
(c) That he is insane.
(d) That he is bluffing.

2. What do Petra and Calder do on November 22?
(a) Have tea at the Art Institute of Chicago.
(b) Try to contact Vermeer in a seance.
(c) Have tea with Mrs. Sharpe.
(d) Get out of school early.

3. Where is Calder caught?
(a) In a hallway.
(b) On the basement steps.
(c) In the parking lot.
(d) On the playground.

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

5. Where do the students find many objects that resemble objects in Vermeer paintings?
(a) In other painters' pictures.
(b) No where.
(c) At Mrs. Sharpe's home.
(d) At the museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Sharpe know who was murdered?

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

3. From whom does Calder receive a phone call?

4. Why hypothetical situation does Ms. Hussey put to Calder and Petra?

5. What is Xavier's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Petra find Calder and the painting?

2. How does Calder manage to search Mrs. Sharpe's house, and what does he find?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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