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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Birkin first see Kathy Ellerbeck?
(a) When she visits the church.
(b) Visiting a grave in the graveyard.
(c) At the train station upon his arrival.
(d) When he visits her house.

2. What does Birkin seem to have for the painting he will uncover?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Passion.
(d) Depression.

3. How many solo jobs has Birkin had before undertaking the job in the church?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

4. Who walks up while Birkin is on the ladder in the church for the first time?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Keach.
(c) Moon.
(d) Miss Hebron.

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

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

7. What fills the chancel's arch in the church?
(a) Scaffolding.
(b) Paintbrushes.
(c) Candles.
(d) Artwork.

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

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

10. What condition must be met in order for the church to receive the money?
(a) Piers Hebron's body must be found.
(b) Miss Hebron must be given a respectable burial.
(c) Repairs must be made.
(d) The painting must be uncovered.

11. 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.

12. How does Birkin respond to the invitation to Sunday School?
(a) He says he will not go.
(b) He immediately agrees to attend.
(c) He asks if he is too old.
(d) He asks if he can bring a friend.

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

14. Who invites Birkin to Sunday School for the first time in the church?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sara.
(d) Alice.

15. Whose grave is Moon looking for?
(a) Laetitia Hebron.
(b) Emily Clough.
(c) Piers Hebron.
(d) Alice Keach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Keach is dependent on Birkin to get money for what?

3. What does Alice Keach wear that disguises her age when she comes to visit Birkin?

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

5. The woman in the wall monument is described as "modestly hiding her essential _________ by hanging on tight to a shroud as she clambered from an elegant catagalgue".

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