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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 interrupts Birkin and Alice right after he tells her that he finds her attractive?
(a) Mossop.
(b) Keach.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Moon.

2. What does Birkin realize after thinking about the part of the painting that is incomplete?
(a) The painting was the man's last job.
(b) The section is purposely left blank.
(c) The painter was too afraid to finish the painting.
(d) The church must have prevented the painter from finishing.

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

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

5. How many times does Birkin visit Oxgodby after his summer there?
(a) 10.
(b) 1.
(c) 25.
(d) 0.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupations does Kathy suggest for Birkin?

2. What is clutching the man in the painting whose portrayal Birkin suspects is a portrait?

3. What does Alice ask Birkin when she sees the painting of hell?

4. How does Birkin feel about working in the summer at Oxgodby?

5. Who leads the worship service in the church where Birkin is working?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the source of Birkin's contentment in August in Oxgodby?

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

6. Explain why Birkin does not act on his feelings of love towards Alice.

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

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

9. Describe the final interaction between Alice and Birkin.

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

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