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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Petra and Calder wonder about Mrs. Sharpe?
2. What do Calder and Petra pretend their assignment is?
3. What is does Petra and Calder think Petra has found?
4. Who broke her leg?
5. What is published the next day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Petra and Calder run out of Delia Dell Hall and what do they decide to do?
2. Where does Calder manage to be left behind and what does he find?
3. What happens when the thief's letter appears in newspapers around the world?
4. What hypothetical question does Ms. Hussey ask the Calder and Petra and what is their response?
5. Why do Petra and Calder not read the letter from Mrs. Sharpe to Ms. Hussey?
6. What happens when Petra enters her kitchen the next morning?
7. What happens when Petra and Calder have tea with Mrs. Sharpe?
8. Why is Petra nervous in Delia Dell Hall?
9. What do Petra and Calder learn on the evening news?
10. What does the letter from Tommy say and how do Petra and Calder help?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "Chasing Vermeer"? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in "Chasing Vermeer" including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from the book and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 2
There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Chasing Vermeer". Questions that Balliett most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Balliett's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Balliett's probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Balliett and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.
Essay Topic 3
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of "Chasing Vermeer" and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "Chasing Vermeer" is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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