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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. Who invites Birkin to Sunday School for the first time in the church?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Alice.
(c) Emily.
(d) Sara.

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

3. What does Birkin assume when Keach fails to give Birkin his first installment?
(a) Keach is never going to pay him.
(b) Keach is going to make him ask for it.
(c) Keach has forgotten.
(d) Keach does not have the money.

4. What does Birkin forget when he visits the Keaches to ask for his first installment?
(a) To ask for a blanket.
(b) To tell the Keaches thank you.
(c) To bring flowers for Alice.
(d) To ask for the installment.

5. When does Birkin first see Kathy Ellerbeck?
(a) When he visits her house.
(b) Visiting a grave in the graveyard.
(c) At the train station upon his arrival.
(d) When she visits the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of painting does Birkin think he is working on after uncovering the figure painted at the apex of the wall?

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

3. What is the name of Kathy's brother who sometimes accompanies her to the church?

4. Who does the money come from for the painting to be uncovered?

5. Who does not want Birkin working on the painting in the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation that Keach and Birkin have regarding living arrangements.

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

3. Describe Birkin's analysis of his financial situation as he sits in the bell tower at the beginning of Section 2.

4. What is Birkin's aim regarding the painting? What idea does he have of the final picture?

5. How does Thomas Birkin arrive in Oxgodby, England? What does he do when he first gets there?

6. Describe the wall monument that Birkin finds in the church.

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

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

9. What reason does Birkin give for the observation the painting is hidden under paint for a long time? What are some of the reasons he considers the painting is covered so quickly?

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

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