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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 49-74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After working on the painting for several days, Birkin feels he is becoming ________ with the painting.
(a) Bored.
(b) Interested.
(c) Obsessed.
(d) Tired.

2. How is the pay for uncovering the painting?
(a) Unexpected.
(b) Bad.
(c) Nonexistant.
(d) Surprisingly high.

3. In the first section of the novel, which character affects the plot even in death?
(a) Miss Hebron.
(b) Edgar Birkin.
(c) Emily Keach.
(d) Piers Hebron.

4. How is the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?
(a) Decorative.
(b) Inviting.
(c) Large.
(d) Modest.

5. While Birkin and the Ellerbecks are visiting her, Emily Clough comments that she likes Kathy's __________.
(a) Shoes.
(b) Dress.
(c) Barretts.
(d) Hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tower does the church include with its stone walls?

2. After Mrs. Ellerback reprimands Birkin for singing a song that mentions alcohol, what does Birkin change the word alcohol to?

3. Who says that searching for a man's bones seems like a waste of money?

4. Who argues that it is an outrage that someone as beautiful as Alice is married to Keach?

5. Who is Birkin talking about when he says, "I found it pleasantly disturbing to consider the possibility of wandering off with her to some quiet room, eating supper, taking her hand, touching her, kissing"?

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