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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. While on the ladder in the church for the first time, Thomas Birkin thinks about everything that _________ has told him.
(a) Miss Hebron.
(b) The stationmaster.
(c) Keach.
(d) Moon.

2. Where is Keach not fond of Birkin living?
(a) The field next to the church.
(b) The bell chamber of the church.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The chancel of the church.

3. What object in the church does Birkin ask Keach if he can use?
(a) Paper.
(b) Paintbrushes.
(c) The stove.
(d) The Bible.

4. What is Birkin hired to do?
(a) To paint a mural.
(b) To repair the church roof.
(c) To repair a painting.
(d) To uncover a painting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Birkin doing when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?

2. Who is the narrator of the book?

3. What is the name of Kathy's brother who sometimes accompanies her to the church?

4. What does Birkin assume when Keach fails to give Birkin his first installment?

5. What does Kathy Ellerbeck's father tell her she can bring to the church?

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