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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who argues that it is an outrage that someone as beautiful as Alice is married to Keach?
2. Keach is dependent on Birkin to get money for what?
3. Who is paying for Birkin's work in the church?
4. What does Birkin look at after Keach visits him for the first time?
5. What does Thomas Birkin look at when he arrives at the beginning of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the conversation that Keach and Birkin have regarding living arrangements.
2. Describe what Birkin sees when he first enters the church.
3. Describe Birkin's analysis of his financial situation as he sits in the bell tower at the beginning of Section 2.
4. What is attached to the church? What does it contain?
5. Who answers the door when Birkin visits the vicarage? What does this person talk about?
6. Why is Birkin in the graveyard when Alice Keach comes to visit? What is he doing there?
7. What does Birkin think about after Keach leaves in Section 1? What decisions does he come to?
8. How do Moon and Birkin respond to each other when they first meet? What do they talk about?
9. How does Birkin respond to Kathy Ellerbeck's invitation to Sunday School? What does she say he can do there?
10. What does Keach ask Birkin about the wall painting? How does Birkin respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At one point Birkin says that he plans making the painting look right and now focusing on recreating it exactly as it was. Write an essay evaluating this approach. Do you think Birkin's approach is in line with Miss Hebron's wishes? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Do you think the final revealing of the painting (the goal) is more or less important than the process of uncovering (the means)? Write an essay explaining your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
The novel, A Month in the Country, takes place in predominately one location. Think about the idea of journeys in the novel. Is there mental or emotional movement despite the rather stagnant physical movement? Why or why not? Write an essay supporting your claim.
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