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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (pages 13-49).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the roof of the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?
(a) Flat.
(b) Not leaking.
(c) Leaking.
(d) Pointy.

2. What does Alice Keach offer to bring Birkin at the church the first time she visits?
(a) Soup.
(b) More supplies.
(c) A rug.
(d) Books.

3. How old does Birkin tell Keach he thinks the wall painting is?
(a) 100 years.
(b) He says he doesn't know.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 200 years.

4. How is Birkin's background described in Section 1?
(a) As broken and sad.
(b) As ruined by the war.
(c) It is not.
(d) As coming from a wealthy family.

5. What is Birkin doing when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Painting.
(c) Reading.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bobs a week does Birkin think he can manage on if he is careful?

2. Who offers Thomas Birkin an umbrella when he arrives in town?

3. In what city does "A Month in the Country" open?

4. The woman in the wall monument is described as "modestly hiding her essential _________ by hanging on tight to a shroud as she clambered from an elegant catagalgue".

5. In the first section of the novel, which character affects the plot even in death?

(see the answer key)

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