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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. What does Alice leave Birkin the day she comes up the ladder and scares Birkin?

2. What is the name of the girl who asks Birkin to tea at her parents' house after church in Barton Ferry?

3. Which of the following characteristics does not describe the portrayal that Birkin suspects might be a portrait in the larger painting?

4. What tool does Moon tell Birkin he is going to use to look for Miss Hebron's ancestor?

5. How does Birkin travel to Barton Ferry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Birkin feels the last time he views the painting?

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

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

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

6. Describe the portrayal of the man who Birkin thinks might be a portrait.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Keaches and the Ellerbecks are both deeply involved in their respective churches. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the two families, and by extension, the churches they attend.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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