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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 does Moon invite Birkin to his tent for the first time?
(a) Afternoon tea.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Help with repairs.
(d) A debate.

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 the object.
(d) To see his workspace.

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

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

5. How old does Birkin tell Keach he thinks the wall painting is?
(a) He says he doesn't know.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Birkin does not receive his first installment, he is upset because he doesn't have money to buy what?

2. Who is glad for the chance to at least look upon Alice and admire her beauty?

3. What rule does Birkin tell Kathy Ellerbeck about?

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

5. What does Birkin assume when Keach fails to give Birkin his first installment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who originally discovers and takes interest in the painting? What arrangements does this person make regarding the painting?

7. What does Birkin think about Alice Keach after their first meeting?

8. While Thomas Birkin is at the station at the beginning of the novel, who does he see looking at him? What does he imagine that this person is thinking?

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

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

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