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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 condition must be met in order for the church to receive the money?
(a) Piers Hebron's body must be found.
(b) Miss Hebron must be given a respectable burial.
(c) The painting must be uncovered.
(d) Repairs must be made.

2. According to Birkin's conversation with Keach, what will help or has helped Birkin decide the age of the wall painting?
(a) Comparing styles.
(b) Carbon dating.
(c) Uncovering it.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why does Thomas Birkin take the job in the church?
(a) Experience to show potential customers.
(b) As a personal favor.
(c) As a challenge to his abilities.
(d) Because he has a personal stake in the uncovering.

4. Who offers Thomas Birkin an umbrella when he arrives in town?
(a) The reverend.
(b) The cab driver.
(c) The stationmaster.
(d) The painter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object in the church does Birkin ask Keach if he can use?

2. When does Birkin first see Kathy Ellerbeck?

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

4. What does Moon say he is doing in the meadow next door when he first meets Birkin?

5. What does Alice Keach offer to bring Birkin at the church the first time she visits?

(see the answer key)

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