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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Alice tell Birkin has not been easy on Keach?
(a) Work.
(b) The village.
(c) The world.
(d) The war.

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

7. Before telling Alice that he finds her attractive, who does Birkin also say finds her attractive?
(a) Mossop.
(b) Mrs. Ellerbeck.
(c) Moon.
(d) Kathy.

8. 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.

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

10. What does Alice ask to see when she visits Birkin for the final time and brings him apples?
(a) His living area.
(b) The grave.
(c) His diary.
(d) The painting.

11. How long ago was Miss Hebron's ancestor buried?
(a) 500-600 years.
(b) 100-200 years.
(c) 300-400 years.
(d) 10-100 years.

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

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

14. What part of the painting was covered first?
(a) Portrayals of demons.
(b) The man that Birking suspects is a portrait.
(c) The figure of Jesus Christ.
(d) The portrayal of the devil.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 the letter that Birkin receives from Vinny say?

4. Why does Moon think Birkin is avoiding finishing his work?

5. What occupations does Kathy suggest for Birkin?

(see the answer keys)

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