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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. Why does Thomas Birkin take the job in the church?
(a) As a challenge to his abilities.
(b) Because he has a personal stake in the uncovering.
(c) As a personal favor.
(d) Experience to show potential customers.

2. Where do Keach and Birkin go after discussing Birkin's request to use something in the church?
(a) To the graveyard.
(b) Out to the garden.
(c) To see his workspace.
(d) To see the object.

3. Why is the grave Moon is looking for outside the graveyard?
(a) There was no room left in the graveyard.
(b) The person buried could not afford a ceremony.
(c) Only royalty are buried in the graveyard.
(d) The person buried was excommunicated from the church.

4. How many bobs a week does Birkin think he can manage on if he is careful?
(a) 45.
(b) 2.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

5. What does Alice Keach offer to bring Birkin at the church the first time she visits?
(a) Soup.
(b) A rug.
(c) More supplies.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Keach not fond of Birkin living?

2. What are the "dafties" in Sunday School that Birkin is supposed to help out?

3. From what century are the tombstones in the church graveyard?

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

5. How is the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Kathy Ellerbeck come to visit Birkin at the church? What does she bring?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What does Keach ask Birkin about the wall painting? How does Birkin respond?

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

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