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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 74-111).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the August weather described?
(a) As cool but humid.
(b) As mild.
(c) As unbearably humid.
(d) As hot and dry.

2. What type of coat is Thomas Birkin wearing when he arrives in town?
(a) A jean jacket.
(b) A black, ankle-length peacoat.
(c) A pre-war herringbone tweed.
(d) A soldier's jacket.

3. What does Birkin do the first morning he wakes up in the church?
(a) Organizes his supplies.
(b) Pries open the windows.
(c) Unpacks his food.
(d) Breaks his leg.

4. Why does Birkin return to the church after leaving to head home?
(a) To look for Alice.
(b) To pack a lunch.
(c) To see the painting again.
(d) To get his bedroll he forgot.

5. Why does Moon think Birkin is avoiding finishing his work?
(a) Because he will have to leave Oxgodby and his friends.
(b) Because he is in love with Moon.
(c) Because he is a perfectionist.
(d) Because he is pathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor does Birkin base his observation on that the painting must have been hidden under the paint for a long time?

2. How does Birkin travel to Barton Ferry?

3. Who does the money come from for the painting to be uncovered?

4. What do Birkin and Moon have for lunch with Mossop and his wife when they go to visit?

5. Birkin speculates that the painter used paint from what kind of a job he had been working on?

(see the answer key)

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