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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) Repairs must be made.
(c) The painting must be uncovered.
(d) Miss Hebron must be given a respectable burial.

2. What does Emily Clough want to get with the S's and stars she has collected?
(a) A copy of The Forgotten Garden.
(b) A collection of homilies.
(c) A notebook to record her diary.
(d) New ribbons for her hair.

3. What does Kathy tell Birkin on the way home from visiting Emily Clough?
(a) That Emily will not make it another week.
(b) That Emily knows she is dying.
(c) That Emily is not as weak as she looks.
(d) That Emily thinks she is healthy.

4. Where does Birkin plan to return for the winter?
(a) Oxford.
(b) London.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) Paris.

5. What rule does Birkin tell Kathy Ellerbeck about?
(a) No one can enter his bedroom.
(b) No one can see him eat.
(c) No one can see what he is working on.
(d) No one can climb the scaffolding.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Birkin seem to have for the painting he will uncover?

5. How many aisles does the church have?

(see the answer key)

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