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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Birkin feel about the painting although he cannot see it?
(a) It is unique.
(b) It is ugly.
(c) It is destroyed.
(d) It is there.

2. Why does Kathy Ellerbeck tell Birkin that she has come to visit the church?
(a) She was curious about the painting and has snuck away.
(b) Her dad told her to bring Birkin some lunch.
(c) Her dad told her to see how Birkin's work was coming.
(d) To set up for Sunday School.

3. What kind of tower does the church include with its stone walls?
(a) A squat tower.
(b) An ordinate tower.
(c) A purple tower.
(d) A tall tower.

4. What is Birkin hired to do?
(a) To repair a painting.
(b) To repair the church roof.
(c) To uncover a painting.
(d) To paint a mural.

5. What object in the church does Birkin ask Keach if he can use?
(a) Paper.
(b) Paintbrushes.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The stove.

6. 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 climb the scaffolding.
(d) No one can see what he is working on.

7. What view does Birkin have from where he sleeps at the church?
(a) A view of the school.
(b) A view of the graveyard.
(c) A view of the village.
(d) A view of the parish house.

8. What is Moon's tent pitched over?
(a) Hole.
(b) Rock.
(c) Garden.
(d) Flat area.

9. What type of coat is Thomas Birkin wearing when he arrives in town?
(a) A black, ankle-length peacoat.
(b) A jean jacket.
(c) A soldier's jacket.
(d) A pre-war herringbone tweed.

10. Why does Birkin have to stay at the church?
(a) He has been ordered to by the church.
(b) He wants to be close to his work.
(c) He has no money to rent a place.
(d) Leaving the church would be seen as rude.

11. Who discovered the painting before painting over it?
(a) Birkin.
(b) Charles Moon.
(c) Miss Hebron.
(d) Keach.

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

13. Who answers the door when Birkin arrives at Keach's house to ask for his first installment?
(a) Keach.
(b) No one.
(c) The dog.
(d) Alice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birkin assume when Keach fails to give Birkin his first installment?

2. What does Emily Clough want to get with the S's and stars she has collected?

3. Who is paying for Birkin's work in the church?

4. From what century are the tombstones in the church graveyard?

5. How does Keach respond to Birkin's request to use something in the church?

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