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

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

3. What is Emily Clough dying of?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Consumption.
(d) The plague.

4. Who discovered the painting before painting over it?
(a) Birkin.
(b) Miss Hebron.
(c) Keach.
(d) Charles Moon.

5. Who is paying for Birkin's work in the church?
(a) The executors of Miss Hebron's will.
(b) The church.
(c) Keach.
(d) Charles Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas Birkin look at when he arrives at the beginning of the novel?

2. In Section 1, Keach comes across as harsh and unyielding in relation to _______.

3. Why does Birkin have to stay at the church?

4. After examining the placement of the painting, what does Birkin decide is his aim?

5. When does Birkin first see Kathy Ellerbeck?

(see the answer key)

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