Chapters 1-6

Reading Check

1. New York (Chapter 2)

2. The shopkeeper at Powell’s (Chapter 4)

3. Frog (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. The letter writer asks for help in solving a crime. (Chapter 1)

2. They are letter-shaped pieces that can be joined together into larger shapes. (Chapter 2)

3. She wants to use the letter for the assignment that Ms. Hussey gave. (Chapter 3)

4. She has a vision of a woman from an earlier time holding a quill pen. (Chapter 5)

Chapters 7-12

Reading Check

1. Her copy of Fort’s book, Lo! (Chapter 7)

2. A Lady Writing (Chapter 8)

3. Red (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. Calder decides to look for patterns in Vermeer’s work, because he believes these might form a kind of code. (Chapter 7)

2. He tells Petra that sometimes he thinks his pentominoes are conveying messages to him. (Chapter 9)

3. The painting has been stolen. (Chapter 11)

4. She notices that the kitchen looks like a Vermeer painting.