Chasing Vermeer

Who is the author of Chasing Vermeer? 

• RJ Palacio
• Theodore Taylor
• Blue Balliett
• Jerry Spinelli

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What fell from the sky during a thunderstorm according to Charles Fort? 

• money
• fire
• squirrels
• frogs

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What did Petra have a vision of in her dream?

• a lady in a yellow jacket
• a man holding a compass
• frogs
• rainbows

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What object did Calder consider a work of art?

• a green army man
• his pentominoes
• the small box with a painting on top
• his baseball glove

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Which artist painted both the woman in Petra's dream and the painting on top of Calder's box?

• Picasso 
• Van Gogh
• Vermeer
• Fort

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Who had a painting just like the one on Calder's box?

• Ms. Hussey
• Mrs. Sharpe
• Mr. Watch
• Petra

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What was NOT one of the items that appears in many of Vermeer's paintings?

• a dog
• a window
• maps
• rugs

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What did Petra have a vision of in the bathtub? 

• the lady
• pentominoes
• a rainbow bath
• a rectangle inside a triangle

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What was a unique characteristic of the man from the post office? 

• bushy eyebrows
• long hair
• he spoke Spanish
• he wore a hat

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Chapter Nine is called "The Blue Ones." What are "the blue ones?"

• blue earrings found in many of Vermeer's paintings

• blue pentamino pieces that are Petra and Calder's secret code

• blue M&M's that symbolize secrecy

• blue marks they found on a few pages in the book Lo!

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