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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where can one find answers about the clues in the book?
(a) In the teacher's guide.
(b) In footnotes.
(c) In the appendix in the back of the book.
(d) On a website.

2. With whom did Calder usually spend his free time until recently?
(a) No one.
(b) Petra.
(c) Robert.
(d) Tommy.

3. What does Calder feel he is trying to solve?
(a) A puzzle.
(b) Everyone's problems.
(c) An intricate math problem using his pentominoes.
(d) His difficult problem about school.

4. What does Petra dress up as on Halloween?
(a) The lady from her dream.
(b) One of the characters is a book she likes.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) A rock star.

5. What interrupts Calder in his writing?
(a) A yell.
(b) A loud bang.
(c) A commotion outside.
(d) A howl from his dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Calder work?

2. What has happened to Frog?

3. What is significant about the Art Institute in Chicago for Petra and Calder?

4. In what does Calder feel trapped?

5. What other problem(s) is/are continuing for Petra and Calder?

(see the answer key)

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