Chasing Vermeer - Chapters 14 - 16

Why couldn't Tommy and his mother move back to Chicago?

• His mother couldn't leave her new job.

• They didn't have enough money.

• Fred wouldn't let them leave New York.

• They were too scared to go back.

What did Calder and Petra do to raise money for Tommy and his mom?

• had a car wash

• did yard work for their neighbors

• baked and sold brownies

• ran a lemonade stand

Why did Mrs. Sharpe call the police?

• She had been robbed.

• She wanted to confess that she stole the painting.

• She thought she saw a prowler outside of her house.

• She was afraid and wanted police protection.

What had happened to Mrs. Sharpe's husband?

• He was killed in Amsterdam while conducting research on Vermeer.

• He had mysteriously disappeared.

• He was killed in an awful car accident.

• He had a heart attack.

Why was Ms. Hussey not at school?

• She was at home sick.

• She had a death in her family.

• She had been arrested as a suspect in the art theft.

• She had suddenly disappeared.

What did Petra see when she went back to Ms. Hussey's classroom to get a book she had forgotten?

• Mrs. Sharpe was talking to Ms. Hussey in her classroom.

• The painting of The Lady Writing was on a table.

• Ms. Hussey was looking at a map of Gracie Hall.

• Ms. Hussey was on her cell phone and seemed very upset.

Why did Petra think she and Calder needed to start an active search looking for the painting.

• Petra thought Ms. Hussey was in real danger.

• They wanted to become famous.

• Mrs. Sharpe had offered a reward to whoever found the painting.

• They wanted to find it so they could keep it.

What excuse did Calder and Petra use so they could search Gracie Hall without looking too suspicious?

• They were conducting a survey as part of an assignment.

• They were helping the police locate the missing painting.

• Petra had lost an earring and thought it was somewhere in the school.

• They were making a map of the school as part of a project.

Where did Petra tell Mrs. Trek that Calder was when she returned?

• He had left for a dental appointment.

• He had gone back to the classroom.

• He had gone to use the restroom.

• He had gotten scared and left.

Why couldn't Petra concentrate in class?

• She didn't feel good.

• She was tired from staying up so late the night before.

• She was worried about how she was going to getting Calder out of the basement.

• She was afraid the thief was after her.