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

2. What kind of painting does Birkin think the painting is bound to be?
(a) Ruined.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Christmas.

3. What does Thomas Birkin look at when he arrives at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A letter.
(b) A book.
(c) A map.
(d) A compass.

4. The Ellerbecks do not realize that Birkin is _______ and try to arrange another meeting between him and the Sykes' daughter.
(a) Old.
(b) Engaged.
(c) Married.
(d) Not interested.

5. How old does Birkin tell Keach he thinks the wall painting is?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) He says he doesn't know.
(d) 200 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves the door slightly ajar when visiting Birkin?

2. What symbol do Moon and Birkin find inside the tomb indicating that Miss Hebron's ancestor was a Muslim?

3. Who does Birkin see in town when he and the Ellerbecks go to Ripon?

4. When Birkin further questions Moon about why he is there, he says he wants to plot out where an early ___________ stood.

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

(see the answer key)

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