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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes up Birkin on Sunday mornings?
(a) Mossop ringing the church bell.
(b) The opening of the church door.
(c) Shouting in the graveyard.
(d) Alice knocking on the door..

2. How does Alic respond after Birkin tells her that he finds her attractive?
(a) By running off.
(b) With a nod.
(c) By crying.
(d) With a kiss.

3. Who does Birkin attend church with and have dinner with on Sunday nights?
(a) Moon.
(b) The Keaches.
(c) The Ellerbecks.
(d) The Cloughs.

4. What is clutching the man in the painting whose portrayal Birkin suspects is a portrait?
(a) An angel.
(b) Two demons.
(c) A woman.
(d) The grim reaper.

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

6. The Ellerbecks do not realize that Birkin is _______ and try to arrange another meeting between him and the Sykes' daughter.
(a) Not interested.
(b) Married.
(c) Old.
(d) Engaged.

7. What type of church does Birkin attend on Sunday evenings?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Wesleyan.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopal.

8. Who leaves the door slightly ajar when visiting Birkin?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Edgar.
(c) Alice.
(d) Moon.

9. Which of the following characteristics does not describe the portrayal that Birkin suspects might be a portrait in the larger painting?
(a) The man is wearing a gold necklace.
(b) It is more detailed than the rest of the portrayals.
(c) A crescent shaped scar on the man's forehead.
(d) Bright red hair.

10. What characterizes the damned souls in the original painting?
(a) Cheaper materials and poorer workmanship.
(b) Cheaper materials and less details.
(c) Brighter colors and more details.
(d) Brighter colors and better workmanship.

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

12. How does Birkin feel about working in the summer at Oxgodby?
(a) Angry.
(b) Content.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) It is too hot.

13. What symbol do Moon and Birkin find inside the tomb indicating that Miss Hebron's ancestor was a Muslim?
(a) A boat.
(b) A flag.
(c) A crescent.
(d) A star.

14. How did Mrs. Ellerbeck's father die?
(a) He fell down stairs after drinking.
(b) He got alcohol poisoning.
(c) He shot himself after drinking.
(d) He fell into a pond and drowned.

15. Why is Birkin's wife not with him at the church?
(a) He got tired of living with her.
(b) She died.
(c) He left her for someone else.
(d) She left him for someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Birkin cries that there is no what on the way home from Barton Ferry?

2. What is the name of the girl who asks Birkin to tea at her parents' house after church in Barton Ferry?

3. What does Birkin liken to hell in his own mind?

4. How is the August weather described?

5. What do the families eat at the Sunday School treat?

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