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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) Inviting.
(b) Large.
(c) Decorative.
(d) Modest.

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

3. What does Keach hope that Birkin has made?
(a) A ladder to use in the church.
(b) A good living.
(c) Many people happy with his work.
(d) Other living arrangements.

4. What does Birkin look at after Keach visits him for the first time?
(a) The grave of Piers Hebron.
(b) The wall where the painting is thought to be.
(c) The 18th century tombstones.
(d) His supplies.

5. What fills the chancel's arch in the church?
(a) Artwork.
(b) Paintbrushes.
(c) Scaffolding.
(d) Candles.

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

7. What is Emily Clough dying of?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) The plague.

8. Who is glad for the chance to at least look upon Alice and admire her beauty?
(a) Birkin.
(b) Moon.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Richard.

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

10. What is the name of the woman whom Birkin finds a wall monument of in the church?
(a) Kathy Ellerbeck.
(b) Emily Clough.
(c) Alice Keach.
(d) Laetitia Hebron.

11. When Birkin does not receive his first installment, he is upset because he doesn't have money to buy what?
(a) Wood.
(b) Paper.
(c) Paintbrushes.
(d) A blanket.

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

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

14. Why does Kathy Ellerbeck tell Birkin that she has come to visit the church?
(a) Her dad told her to see how Birkin's work was coming.
(b) She was curious about the painting and has snuck away.
(c) Her dad told her to bring Birkin some lunch.
(d) To set up for Sunday School.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Keach respond to Birkin's request to use something in the church?

4. What does Birkin use to mark the areas of the wall most likely to contain part of the covered painting?

5. As he arrives at the church, Thomas Birkin speculates that the area has probably not seen a medieval __________ boom.

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