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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 type of coat is Thomas Birkin wearing when he arrives in town?
(a) A pre-war herringbone tweed.
(b) A soldier's jacket.
(c) A jean jacket.
(d) A black, ankle-length peacoat.

2. What will happen if Moon does not find the grave he is looking for?
(a) He will be killed.
(b) He will still be paid.
(c) He will not be paid.
(d) He will be banished from the community.

3. In the first section of the novel, which character affects the plot even in death?
(a) Miss Hebron.
(b) Piers Hebron.
(c) Emily Keach.
(d) Edgar Birkin.

4. What are the "dafties" in Sunday School that Birkin is supposed to help out?
(a) The unruly children.
(b) The smart children.
(c) The drafts from the windows.
(d) The pretty girls.

5. How many aisles does the church have?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Birkin and the Ellerbecks are visiting her, Emily Clough comments that she likes Kathy's __________.

3. What condition must be met in order for the church to receive the money?

4. Who answers the door when Birkin arrives at Keach's house to ask for his first installment?

5. How does Birkin respond to the invitation to Sunday School?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Birkin and Moon depart from their first meeting, what does Birkin think regarding Moon? Why?

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

3. How do Moon and Birkin respond to each other when they first meet? What do they talk about?

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

5. What does Birkin think when Keach has not given him his first installment for the work on the painting? What action does he take?

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

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

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

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

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

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