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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 74-111).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who argues that it is an outrage that someone as beautiful as Alice is married to Keach?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Moon.
(c) Birkin.
(d) Richard.

2. Where is Birkin when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?
(a) In the graveyard.
(b) On the scaffolding.
(c) In the pews.
(d) At Moon's tent.

3. How is the August weather described?
(a) As unbearably humid.
(b) As cool but humid.
(c) As mild.
(d) As hot and dry.

4. About how tall does Birkin think the painter must have been?
(a) 4.5 feet.
(b) 6 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 5.5 feet.

5. Moon thinks that the portrayal that Birkin suspects is a portrait will _______.
(a) Go unnoticed by most.
(b) Be quickly destroyed.
(c) Be like many of the other portraits Birkin will uncover.
(d) Cause quite a stir.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as an "impresario conjuring and teasing"?

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

3. When Thomas Birkin opens the door to the church, he discovers that it is _________.

4. Who does Birkin attend church with and have dinner with on Sunday nights?

5. According to Birkin, who typically drew the other paintings from the time period of the painting he is working on?

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