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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The painter filled in the entire painting except what?
(a) The face of one of the men.
(b) The small corner of hell.
(c) The angels.
(d) The portrayal of heaven.

2. What does Birkin ride to the Sunday School treat?
(a) A horse drawn cart.
(b) His bicycle.
(c) A car.
(d) A train.

3. Moon thinks that the portrayal that Birkin suspects is a portrait will _______.
(a) Be like many of the other portraits Birkin will uncover.
(b) Cause quite a stir.
(c) Be quickly destroyed.
(d) Go unnoticed by most.

4. What does Alice leave Birkin the day she comes up the ladder and scares Birkin?
(a) Paper.
(b) Bread.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Books.

5. What does Birkin talk about at Barton Ferry instead of giving a sermon?
(a) His work on the painting.
(b) The work of the Ellerbecks.
(c) Missing his wife.
(d) The lack of attendance at the church.

6. Where do Birkin and Moon begin looking for the bones of Miss Hebron's ancestor?
(a) In a far away field.
(b) Under the tent where Moon has been living.
(c) In the graveyard.
(d) At the depression Moon pointed out.

7. Moon likes that who are the only people that know about how great the painting is?
(a) Alice, Moon, and Birkin.
(b) Moon and Birkin.
(c) Kathy, Alice, Moon, and Birkin.
(d) Kathy, Moon, and Birkin.

8. What occupations does Kathy suggest for Birkin?
(a) Gravedigger or banker.
(b) Barber or gardener.
(c) Painter or baker.
(d) Rent collector or schoolteacher.

9. What do the Ellerbecks and Birkin find out when they return to Oxgodby after the Sunday School treat?
(a) Moon has broken his leg.
(b) Mossop has finished his job.
(c) Emily Clough has died.
(d) The church has burned down.

10. Who interrupts Birkin and Alice right after he tells her that he finds her attractive?
(a) Keach.
(b) Moon.
(c) Mossop.
(d) Kathy.

11. After seeing strands of the painter's hair in the painting, Birkin realizes he had ______.
(a) Light hair.
(b) Gray hair.
(c) Brown hair.
(d) Black hair.

12. Who says that searching for a man's bones seems like a waste of money?
(a) Keach.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Moon.
(d) Birkin.

13. Why is Moon not allowed to go on the Sunday School treat?
(a) He does not get along with the Ellerbecks.
(b) He lives in a tent.
(c) He is not a Christian.
(d) He has not attended the church.

14. How does Moon feel about Birkin and Alice not being romantically involved?
(a) He is saddened.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is excited.

15. Why does Birkin return to the church after leaving to head home?
(a) To look for Alice.
(b) To get his bedroll he forgot.
(c) To pack a lunch.
(d) To see the painting again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves the door slightly ajar when visiting Birkin?

2. What do the people do after the service Birkin attends on Sunday nights?

3. What does Alice ask Birkin when she sees the painting of hell?

4. What does Birkin decide to do after finding the portrayal that Birkin suspects is a portrait?

5. Who does Birkin think assumes that Keach will paint back over the painting as soon as he can?

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