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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 leads the worship service in the church where Birkin is working?
(a) Keach.
(b) Moon.
(c) Ellerbeck.
(d) Birkin.

2. What wakes up Birkin on Sunday mornings?
(a) Shouting in the graveyard.
(b) The opening of the church door.
(c) Mossop ringing the church bell.
(d) Alice knocking on the door..

3. Moon thinks that the portrayal that Birkin suspects is a portrait will _______.
(a) Be like many of the other portraits Birkin will uncover.
(b) Go unnoticed by most.
(c) Be quickly destroyed.
(d) Cause quite a stir.

4. Where do Birkin and Moon begin looking for the bones of Miss Hebron's ancestor?
(a) In the graveyard.
(b) Under the tent where Moon has been living.
(c) In a far away field.
(d) At the depression Moon pointed out.

5. Who does Birkin attend church with and have dinner with on Sunday nights?
(a) The Keaches.
(b) The Cloughs.
(c) The Ellerbecks.
(d) Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Birkin travel to Barton Ferry?

2. What does Birkin decide to do after finding the portrayal that Birkin suspects is a portrait?

3. One week Mr. Ellerbeck is scheduled to preach at both Barton Ferry and ____________.

4. What symbol do Moon and Birkin find inside the tomb indicating that Miss Hebron's ancestor was a Muslim?

5. What is the man's name who Birkin meets in Ripon who was also in the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of the painting does the painter leave unfilled? What are Birkin's speculation regarding this situation?

2. What physical characteristics does Birkin claim the painter has? How does he know these details?

3. Who does Birkin run into in Ripon that is also in the war? What does this person tell Birkin about Moon?

4. Who meets Birkin at the door when he arrives in Barton Ferry and who else shows up for the service?

5. Describe the conversation that Alice and Birkin have regarding the existence of hell.

6. Where do Moon and Birkin go to visit Mossop? What do they do there? What do they eat afterward?

7. Why does Birkin go to preach at Barton Ferry? What does he talk about from the pulpit?

8. How does the artist of the original painting that Birkin is uncovering differentiate between the different castes portrayed?

9. What story does Moon tell about one of his acquaintances when he and Birkin are discussing the war?

10. Describe Birkin's ride home from Barton Ferry.

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