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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 does Birkin attend church with and have dinner with on Sunday nights?

2. Where do Birkin and Moon begin looking for the bones of Miss Hebron's ancestor?

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

4. What does Alice tell Birkin has not been easy on Keach?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the summer in Oxgodby according to Birkin.

2. Describe the final interaction between Alice and Birkin.

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

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

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. According to Birkin, who is involved in creating the paintings from the time period of the one he is uncovering? What are their roles?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The entire novel revolves around the work that Birkin is doing on the painting. Write an essay exploring the roles of the painting. Why is it so important? How does it affect the people that see it?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay examining how setting influences the characters in the novel. How are the characters connected to the world outside of Oxgodby?

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