| 1. | Why might it be hard to start a story at the beginning and go all the way to the end? Where does Kari’s story start? Where does it end? |
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| 2. | Who was Lucretia? Who was Rembrandt von Rijn? Why are they important to this story? |
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| 3. | How did Lucas and Kari become friends? |
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| 4. | Who is Gallery Guy, and what is he up to? |
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| 5. | Does money buy happiness? Why or why not? |
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| 6. | Who are the Gleesome Threesome? |
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| 7. | What is special about Rembrandt’s paintings? |
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| 8. | How did Kari and Lucas recognize Gallery Guy in the National Gallery in London? What was he doing there and why did they think it was suspicious? |
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| 9. | Why did Kari decide she and Lucas needed disguises? |
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| 10. | Name the places Kari and Lucas visited in London, Paris and Amsterdam. |
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| 11. | Why was Gallery Guy painting pieces of different Rembrandt paintings? |
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| 12. | Why is it impossible to make a perfect copy of a painting by working from a reproduction? Why is the original required? |
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| 13. | How did Kari and Lucas finally get to see what Gallery Guy was painting? Do you think this was a smart move? Why or why not? |
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| 14. | What happened to Bert? |
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| 15. | Why did the man in the Jaguar try to run over Lucas? Who was he? |
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| 16. | Why couldn’t Kari talk to her mom or Lucas about the Jaguar incident? |
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| 17. | Why are Kari and Lucas so sure that Gallery Guy is trying to perpetrate a major art crime? What is a forgery? |
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| 18. | What happened at the Art Institute around the same time that Gallery Guy was there? How did it connect to what happened to Bert in London? |
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| 19. | Where did the Third Lucretia appear? Who verified that it was real? How did Lucas and Kari know that it wasn’t? |
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| 20. | Who is Jacob Hannekroot? |
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| 21. | How did Lucas and Kari convince Kari’s mom to go to Amsterdam? |
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| 22. | What mistake did Kari make before they even entered the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam? |
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| 23. | What is an important sign of a true masterpiece? How should it affect the viewer? |
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| 24. | Who was the guy who looked like Sting? |
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| 25. | How was the Third Lucretia different from other Rembrandt paintings? Why were the differences part of the reason Jacob Hannekroot verified it as a real Rembrandt? |
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| 26. | Why didn’t Kari like having her mom involved in the mystery? |
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| 27. | What is the Quarter? Why were Kari and Lucas not supposed to go there? |
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| 28. | How did Kari’s plan to spy on Marianne fail? Which details did they forget when they made the plan? |
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| 29. | Where did Kari and Lucas end up when the followed Jacob from the museum? |
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| 30. | Why did Lucas and Kari go back to Jacob’s apartment in the Quarter? What did they find there? |
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| 31. | Who are Sister Anneke and Sister Katje? |
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| 32. | What happened to Lucas and Kari’s mom while Kari was finishing the article about the Third Lucretia? How did Kari attempt to rescue them? How did they escape? |
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| 33. | How was the Third Lucretia finally revealed as a fake? |
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| 34. | What is the Lucretia Project? |
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| 35. | How did Kari and Lucas’ major art adventure change their lives? |
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