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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Six and Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is art to Calder?
(a) Wonderful.
(b) Boring.
(c) Interesting in a casual way.
(d) Art is puzzling to Calder.

2. In what month does the book open?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) February.

3. What is in Petra's hair on the way to school the next morning?
(a) Twigs.
(b) Glitter.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Bird seed.

4. What type of events is explained in the book Petra is reading?
(a) Those based upon customs long past.
(b) Normal events.
(c) Impossible events.
(d) Unexplained events.

5. What does the artist she quotes say tell(s) a lie?
(a) Humans.
(b) Art.
(c) Belief.
(d) Words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petra do when she sees Ms. Hussey dropping something off at Powell's?

2. What helps Calder think?

3. From where do the clippings in "Lo!" seem to come?

4. How does the book suggest the reader view the artwork in "Chasing Vermeer"?

5. What shocks each of the three people?

(see the answer key)

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