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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 do the Ellerbecks and Birkin find out when they return to Oxgodby after the Sunday School treat?
(a) The church has burned down.
(b) Moon has broken his leg.
(c) Mossop has finished his job.
(d) Emily Clough has died.

2. One week Mr. Ellerbeck is scheduled to preach at both Barton Ferry and ____________.
(a) Londery.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Oxgodby.
(d) Malmerby.

3. How does Birkin think the painter died?
(a) He was executed because of the painting.
(b) Of loneliness.
(c) By falling off the ladder or scaffolding.
(d) Of a heart attack.

4. How is the August weather described?
(a) As unbearably humid.
(b) As cool but humid.
(c) As hot and dry.
(d) As mild.

5. What does Alice ask to see when she visits Birkin for the final time and brings him apples?
(a) His diary.
(b) The painting.
(c) His living area.
(d) The grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Birkin visit Oxgodby after his summer there?

2. Who greets Birkin when he arrives at the church in Barton Ferry?

3. Birkin wonders if the painter knew the man who is doing what in the painting?

4. What does the epitaph say on the tomb that Moon finds?

5. How long ago was Miss Hebron's ancestor buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What song does Birkin sing that upsets Mrs. Ellerbeck and why is she upset about it.

10. What is the relationship like between Birkin and his wife?

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