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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 49-74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is clutching the man in the painting whose portrayal Birkin suspects is a portrait?
(a) An angel.
(b) A woman.
(c) The grim reaper.
(d) Two demons.

2. Where do Keach and Birkin go after discussing Birkin's request to use something in the church?
(a) To see the object.
(b) To see his workspace.
(c) To the graveyard.
(d) Out to the garden.

3. After Moon and Birkin meet for the first time, Birkin thinks in hindsight that Moon knows ________.
(a) That Keach is having an affair.
(b) About his depression.
(c) A secret about Miss Hebron.
(d) Where the grave is.

4. What does Alice show Birkin on his way out after he visits their home to ask for his first installment?
(a) The broken steps.
(b) A rose bush.
(c) Mold growing on their window sill.
(d) Her garden.

5. What does Birkin use to mark the areas of the wall most likely to contain part of the covered painting?
(a) Paint remover.
(b) A grid.
(c) Chalk.
(d) A sheet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered the painting before painting over it?

2. What does Alice Keach wear that disguises her age when she comes to visit Birkin?

3. Who is Birkin talking about when he says, "I found it pleasantly disturbing to consider the possibility of wandering off with her to some quiet room, eating supper, taking her hand, touching her, kissing"?

4. What is the name of the woman whom Birkin finds a wall monument of in the church?

5. What type of painting does Birkin think he is working on after uncovering the figure painted at the apex of the wall?

(see the answer key)

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