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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 ugly.
(b) It is there.
(c) It is destroyed.
(d) It is unique.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

6. In Section 1, Keach comes across as harsh and unyielding in relation to _______.
(a) Miss Hebron.
(b) Charles Moon.
(c) The station manager.
(d) Piers Hebron.

7. When Thomas Birkin opens the door to the church, he discovers that it is _________.
(a) Heavy.
(b) Squeaky.
(c) Rough.
(d) Locked.

8. What does Moon say he is doing in the meadow next door when he first meets Birkin?
(a) Writing.
(b) Celebrating.
(c) Resting.
(d) Digging.

9. What does Alice Keach wear that disguises her age when she comes to visit Birkin?
(a) An overcoat.
(b) A straw hat.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Makeup.

10. What is the name of the other man who Keach tells Birkin is living at the church?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Smith.
(c) Hebron.
(d) Moon.

11. What rule does Birkin tell Kathy Ellerbeck about?
(a) No one can see him eat.
(b) No one can climb the scaffolding.
(c) No one can enter his bedroom.
(d) No one can see what he is working on.

12. What type of painting does Birkin think he is working on after uncovering the figure painted at the apex of the wall?
(a) A Pastoral scene.
(b) A Judgment work.
(c) A Nativity scene.
(d) An Easter work.

13. How is the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?
(a) Modest.
(b) Inviting.
(c) Decorative.
(d) Large.

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

15. What does Kathy Ellerbeck's father tell her she can bring to the church?
(a) Her paintbrushes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A gramophone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birkin do after Keach visits him for the first time?

2. What is Emily Clough dying of?

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

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

5. Why does Birkin have to stay at the church?

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