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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Calder find that would be a good place to hide a painting?
(a) A false wall.
(b) A large wardrobe.
(c) Steps to the attic.
(d) A false floor.

2. What deadline does the thief give for his demands to be met?
(a) February 1.
(b) January 21.
(c) January 11.
(d) February 14.

3. What does Petra see on the ground?
(a) A torn piece of paper.
(b) A broken art pencil.
(c) Some dribbles of color.
(d) A torn piece of canvas.

4. How do Petra and Calder rethink their estimate of the thief?
(a) That he is more ruthless than they had thought.
(b) That he is bluffing.
(c) That he is insane.
(d) That he knows more about Vermeer than they realized.

5. 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.

6. What does the thief say if his demand is not met by that deadline?
(a) He will blow up the Louvre.
(b) He will blow up the Art Institute of Chicago.
(c) Someone will die.
(d) He will destroy "The Lady Writing".

7. What does Petra begin to question?
(a) If her imagination is working overtime.
(b) If she is missing a vital piece of the puzzle.
(c) If she is overlooking a simple answer.
(d) If she should go to the police.

8. What do Petra and Calder learn about Mrs. Sharpe's husband?
(a) He went missing many years ago while researching Vermeer.
(b) He had been a Vermeer scholar.
(c) He left her for a woman who resembled the lady in Vermeer's paintings.
(d) He is in a nursing home near her home.

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

10. Where does Calder find "The Lady Waiting"?
(a) In the squad car in his front driveway.
(b) In the Castiglione's treehouse.
(c) In Mrs. Sharpe's back yard.
(d) On the merry go round in the play yard at the school.

11. Why is Mrs. Sharpe asking for police protection?
(a) She receives a letter from the thief.
(b) Someone broke in to her home.
(c) Her son-in-law has gone berserk.
(d) A vagrant has been bothering her.

12. What does Mrs. Sharpe give Petra and Calder?
(a) A bag of cookies.
(b) An apple a piece.
(c) A bag of odd objects.
(d) A letter to mail.

13. What is the Castiglione's treehouse?
(a) Where Petra and Calder always go to plan.
(b) Where they find Calder.
(c) A treehouse that is actually on the ground.
(d) A mythical meeting place.

14. What does Petra imagine in the bath?
(a) The lady hung in a dark dungeon.
(b) The lady standing inside a bright light.
(c) A jigsaw puzzle.
(d) A rectangle inside of a triangle.

15. What does Petra wonder about Ms. Hussey and Mrs. Sharpe?
(a) If they are in danger.
(b) If they are in cohorts.
(c) If they know the thief.
(d) Their connections to the crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do protests encourage the thief to do?

2. What are Petra and Calder shocked to see on their way to school?

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

4. What does the publication say in conclusion?

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

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