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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 kind of tower does the church include with its stone walls?
(a) A purple tower.
(b) An ordinate tower.
(c) A tall tower.
(d) A squat tower.

2. After Moon and Birkin meet for the first time, Birkin thinks in hindsight that Moon knows ________.
(a) That Keach is having an affair.
(b) About his depression.
(c) Where the grave is.
(d) A secret about Miss Hebron.

3. Which of the following is NOT Birkin's idea of what the final picture of the painting will look like?
(a) Multitudes moving towards heaven.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) A judge.
(d) Some being tossed towards hell.

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

5. What is Birkin hired to do?
(a) To repair a painting.
(b) To paint a mural.
(c) To repair the church roof.
(d) To uncover a painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice Keach wear that disguises her age when she comes to visit Birkin?

2. Who is the narrator of the book?

3. Who walks up while Birkin is on the ladder in the church for the first time?

4. 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".

5. Who offers Thomas Birkin an umbrella when he arrives in town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Birkin specifically ask Keach if he can use? How does Keach respond?

3. What does Birkin think about after Keach leaves in Section 1? What decisions does he come to?

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

5. What is attached to the church? What does it contain?

6. Where does Moon pitch his tent? What explanation does Moon give Birkin for this placement?

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

8. Why is Birkin hired and who is paying him for his work?

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

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

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