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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?
(a) Modest.
(b) Large.
(c) Inviting.
(d) Decorative.
2. What does Alice Keach offer to bring Birkin at the church the first time she visits?
(a) A rug.
(b) More supplies.
(c) Soup.
(d) Books.
3. What does Birkin assume when Keach fails to give Birkin his first installment?
(a) Keach is never going to pay him.
(b) Keach has forgotten.
(c) Keach is going to make him ask for it.
(d) Keach does not have the money.
4. While on the ladder in the church for the first time, Thomas Birkin thinks about everything that _________ has told him.
(a) The stationmaster.
(b) Miss Hebron.
(c) Moon.
(d) Keach.
5. When Birkin does not receive his first installment, he is upset because he doesn't have money to buy what?
(a) Paintbrushes.
(b) Wood.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Paper.
6. What kind of tower does the church include with its stone walls?
(a) An ordinate tower.
(b) A squat tower.
(c) A purple tower.
(d) A tall tower.
7. How old does Birkin tell Keach he thinks the wall painting is?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) He says he doesn't know.
8. What does Moon say he is doing in the meadow next door when he first meets Birkin?
(a) Resting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Digging.
(d) Celebrating.
9. What does Birkin seem to have for the painting he will uncover?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Depression.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Passion.
10. 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) Only royalty are buried in the graveyard.
(d) There was no room left in the graveyard.
11. What does Birkin look at after Keach visits him for the first time?
(a) The grave of Piers Hebron.
(b) The 18th century tombstones.
(c) The wall where the painting is thought to be.
(d) His supplies.
12. Who is Mr. Dowthwaite?
(a) The pastor at the Ellerbeck's church.
(b) The teacher at the local schoolhouse.
(c) The superintendent of the Sunday School.
(d) Kathy's father.
13. When does Birkin first see Kathy Ellerbeck?
(a) Visiting a grave in the graveyard.
(b) When she visits the church.
(c) At the train station upon his arrival.
(d) When he visits her house.
14. Where is Birkin when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?
(a) In the pews.
(b) At Moon's tent.
(c) In the graveyard.
(d) On the scaffolding.
15. 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) An Easter work.
(c) A Nativity scene.
(d) A Judgment work.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Kathy's brother who sometimes accompanies her to the church?
2. While Birkin and the Ellerbecks are visiting her, Emily Clough comments that she likes Kathy's __________.
3. Where is Keach not fond of Birkin living?
4. Birkin and Moon take an immediate ________ to each other.
5. What is Moon's tent pitched over?
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