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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 Moon think Birkin is avoiding finishing his work?
(a) Because he is a perfectionist.
(b) Because he is in love with Moon.
(c) Because he is pathetic.
(d) Because he will have to leave Oxgodby and his friends.

2. What does Birkin decide to do after finding the portrayal that Birkin suspects is a portrait?
(a) Cover the painting again.
(b) Destroy the painting.
(c) Look at the whole painting.
(d) Stop his work on the painting.

3. Who does Birkin tell Keach he will contact if he tries to prevent him from finishing his work?
(a) The executors of Miss Hebron's will.
(b) The Ellerbecks.
(c) Alice.
(d) The police.

4. What does the letter that Birkin receives from Vinny say?
(a) She would prefer he stay in Oxgodby.
(b) She wants a divorce.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She wants him to come home.

5. After seeing strands of the painter's hair in the painting, Birkin realizes he had ______.
(a) Brown hair.
(b) Gray hair.
(c) Black hair.
(d) Light hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Moon not allowed to go on the Sunday School treat?

2. What does Birkin realize after thinking about the part of the painting that is incomplete?

3. How often does Birkin have dinner with the Ellerbecks?

4. How does Moon feel about Birkin and Alice not being romantically involved?

5. Why doesn't Birkin pursue a romantic relationship with Alice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestion does Kathy make after asking Birkin if he has thought about staying in Oxgodby? How does he respond?

2. What feelings does Moon's inquiry about anything going on between Birkin and Alice trigger in Birkin?

3. How does Moon respond when Birkin tells him that Keach has told him that he is finished with the painting?

4. Why do Birkin and the Ellerbecks go to Ripon and are they successful in meeting their goal?

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

6. What does Birkin do when Alice is not in church? What conclusion does he come to regarding her whereabouts?

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

8. Describe what Birkin and Moon see as they unearth the tomb of Miss Hebron's ancestor.

9. Describe the summer in Oxgodby according to Birkin.

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

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