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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 Alice Keach wear that disguises her age when she comes to visit Birkin?
(a) A straw hat.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) Makeup.

2. In what city does "A Month in the Country" open?
(a) London.
(b) Oxgodby.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

3. How does Keach respond to Birkin's request to use something in the church?
(a) He disagrees immediately.
(b) He disagrees after some discussion.
(c) He agrees after some discussion.
(d) He agrees immediately.

4. What does Birkin use to mark the areas of the wall most likely to contain part of the covered painting?
(a) A grid.
(b) A sheet.
(c) Paint remover.
(d) Chalk.

5. While Birkin and the Ellerbecks are visiting her, Emily Clough comments that she likes Kathy's __________.
(a) Shoes.
(b) Barretts.
(c) Dress.
(d) Hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the book?

2. What is the name of the church's minister?

3. How does Birkin feel about the painting although he cannot see it?

4. How many bobs a week does Birkin think he can manage on if he is careful?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Who answers the door when Birkin visits the vicarage? What does this person talk about?

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

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