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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the roof of the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?
(a) Not leaking.
(b) Flat.
(c) Pointy.
(d) Leaking.

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

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

4. Birkin and Moon take an immediate ________ to each other.
(a) Discomfort.
(b) Shyness.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Liking.

5. After examining the placement of the painting, what does Birkin decide is his aim?
(a) To make the painting look right.
(b) To recover the painting.
(c) To return the painting to its original state.
(d) To destroy the painting.

6. Why is the grave Moon is looking for outside the graveyard?
(a) The person buried was excommunicated from the church.
(b) The person buried could not afford a ceremony.
(c) There was no room left in the graveyard.
(d) Only royalty are buried in the graveyard.

7. What factor does Birkin base his observation on that the painting must have been hidden under the paint for a long time?
(a) The condition.
(b) The position.
(c) The lack of knowledge of the painting.
(d) The subject matter.

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

9. What color of robe is the figure wearing that Birkin first uncovers in the painting?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

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

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

12. 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.

13. What does Alice Keach offer to bring Birkin at the church the first time she visits?
(a) Soup.
(b) More supplies.
(c) A rug.
(d) Books.

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

15. When Birkin further questions Moon about why he is there, he says he wants to plot out where an early ___________ stood.
(a) Painting.
(b) Monument.
(c) Basilica.
(d) Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of coat is Thomas Birkin wearing when he arrives in town?

2. In Section 1, Keach comes across as harsh and unyielding in relation to _______.

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

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

5. What fills the chancel's arch in the church?

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