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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What does Thomas Birkin look at when he arrives at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A letter.
(b) A map.
(c) A compass.
(d) A book.

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

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

8. What does Emily Clough want to get with the S's and stars she has collected?
(a) A copy of The Forgotten Garden.
(b) A notebook to record her diary.
(c) A collection of homilies.
(d) New ribbons for her hair.

9. Keach is dependent on Birkin to get money for what?
(a) Charles Moon.
(b) The church.
(c) The railroad.
(d) His family.

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

11. Where is Birkin when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?
(a) At Moon's tent.
(b) In the graveyard.
(c) In the pews.
(d) On the scaffolding.

12. When Thomas Birkin enters the church for the first time, he finds that it has what type of floor?
(a) Clay.
(b) Wood.
(c) Stone.
(d) Dirt.

13. What does Moon invite Birkin to his tent for the first time?
(a) Help with repairs.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Afternoon tea.
(d) A debate.

14. What does Birkin do after Keach visits him for the first time?
(a) Climbs the ladder.
(b) Prays at the altar.
(c) Goes outside.
(d) Visits the graveyard.

15. What is Birkin doing when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman whom Birkin finds a wall monument of in the church?

2. How does Birkin feel about the painting although he cannot see it?

3. Why does Thomas Birkin take the job in the church?

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

5. How is the roof of the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?

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