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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bobs a week does Birkin think he can manage on if he is careful?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 2.

2. According to Birkin's conversation with Keach, what will help or has helped Birkin decide the age of the wall painting?
(a) Comparing styles.
(b) Carbon dating.
(c) Uncovering it.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why does Thomas Birkin refuse the umbrella he is offered at the station?
(a) He says he enjoys the rain.
(b) He says he does not trust the man offering the umbrella.
(c) He says he does not accept gifts from strangers.
(d) He says he will dry off at the church.

4. Which of the following is NOT Birkin's idea of what the final picture of the painting will look like?
(a) Some being tossed towards hell.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) Multitudes moving towards heaven.
(d) A judge.

5. Who offers Thomas Birkin an umbrella when he arrives in town?
(a) The cab driver.
(b) The reverend.
(c) The painter.
(d) The stationmaster.

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

7. 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.

8. From what century are the tombstones in the church graveyard?
(a) 18th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 17th.
(d) 19th.

9. What method of transportation does Thomas Birkin use to arrive in town?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Train.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Car.

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

11. How can Keach be viewed in relation to Birkin's work?
(a) As needed encouragement.
(b) As an obstacle.
(c) As an aide.
(d) He is not a factor.

12. How does Keach respond to Birkin's request to use something in the church?
(a) He disagrees immediately.
(b) He agrees after some discussion.
(c) He agrees immediately.
(d) He disagrees after some discussion.

13. Birkin speculates that the painter used paint from what kind of a job he had been working on?
(a) Private.
(b) Personal.
(c) Royal.
(d) Monastic.

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

15. Why does Thomas Birkin take the job in the church?
(a) Experience to show potential customers.
(b) As a personal favor.
(c) Because he has a personal stake in the uncovering.
(d) As a challenge to his abilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does "A Month in the Country" open?

2. In the first section of the novel, which character affects the plot even in death?

3. What object in the church does Birkin ask Keach if he can use?

4. What does Moon invite Birkin to his tent for the first time?

5. Why is the grave Moon is looking for outside the graveyard?

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