A Month in the Country Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

J. L. Carr
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Month in the Country Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

J. L. Carr
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of robe is the figure wearing that Birkin first uncovers in the painting?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

2. The woman in the wall monument is described as "modestly hiding her essential _________ by hanging on tight to a shroud as she clambered from an elegant catagalgue".
(a) Purity.
(b) Glory.
(c) Modesty.
(d) Faith.

3. What view does Birkin have from where he sleeps at the church?
(a) A view of the graveyard.
(b) A view of the parish house.
(c) A view of the school.
(d) A view of the village.

4. In Section 1, Keach comes across as harsh and unyielding in relation to _______.
(a) The station manager.
(b) Miss Hebron.
(c) Charles Moon.
(d) Piers Hebron.

5. From what century are the tombstones in the church graveyard?
(a) 18th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 16th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keach hope that Birkin has made?

2. While on the ladder in the church for the first time, Thomas Birkin thinks about everything that _________ has told him.

3. Why is the grave Moon is looking for outside the graveyard?

4. What is Emily Clough dying of?

5. Whose grave is Moon looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Moon and Birkin respond to each other when they first meet? What do they talk about?

2. How does Birkin respond to Kathy Ellerbeck's invitation to Sunday School? What does she say he can do there?

3. Who gave money to the church in a will? What stipulations do these funds carry?

4. Why is Birkin in the graveyard when Alice Keach comes to visit? What is he doing there?

5. How is the pay for uncovering the wall painting and why does Birkin accept the job at the church?

6. What does Birkin reveal first in the painting? What meaning does he draw from this discovery?

7. Who do Kathy, Edgar, and Birkin visit on the way home from Sunday school? What do they give her?

8. Who approaches Thomas Birkin when he first arrives in Oxgodby, England? What does this person offer Birkin? How does Birkin respond?

9. How many times has Birkin performed the task of uncovering a wall painting?

10. Describe Kathy Ellerbeck according to Birkin's observations.

(see the answer keys)

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