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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ivy Welford?
(a) The store manager.
(b) A traveling book salesman.
(c) The bookkeeper.
(d) A regular book shop customer.

2. Who hosts the society party?
(a) Mr. Keble.
(b) Mr. Brundish.
(c) Mr. Raven.
(d) General and Violet Gamart.

3. At the beginning of the story, what does Hardborough lack?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Automobiles.
(c) Facilities.
(d) Factories.

4. How many town people sign up for the lending library on the first day?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) None.

5. Who services the lending library?
(a) London Books by mail.
(b) Brompton's book store van.
(c) Local businesses.
(d) Private donations.

6. In Chapter 1, how is Old House described?
(a) Renovated.
(b) Haunted.
(c) Elegant.
(d) Rundown.

7. Who has assumed that Florence will not be staying at the Old House?
(a) The next door neighbor.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The fish monger.

8. At the end of Chapter 3, what events take place?
(a) Neighbors come and offer to help Florence move.
(b) Florence unpacks boxes and places furniture.
(c) Mr. Keble surprises Florence with a visit.
(d) Shelves are set up and the walls are painted white.

9. Who gives each screw a sharp, delicate tap?
(a) Wally.
(b) Mr. Raven
(c) The scouts.
(d) The poltergeist.

10. Who is in the Old House when Florence returns from a trip?
(a) Violet Gamart.
(b) Mr. Thornton.
(c) Charles North.
(d) Sea scouts.

11. How does the bank manager react to Mrs. Green's loan request?
(a) Positively.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Skeptically.
(d) With surprise.

12. Who does Florence see when she is on break?
(a) Milo North.
(b) Violet Gamart.
(c) Christine Gipping.
(d) Occasional book shop customers.

13. What alerts Florence to a storm?
(a) A coastguard warning sign.
(b) Sirens.
(c) Television.
(d) Threatening skies.

14. Who flatters Florence at the society party?
(a) Milo North.
(b) The banker.
(c) Mr. Raven.
(d) Mrs. Gamart.

15. How could the business traffic at The Bookshop be described?
(a) Lower than expected.
(b) Better than expected.
(c) More critical than expected.
(d) Less educated than expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Florence been invited to the society party?

2. According to Janet at the beginning of Chapter 5, what type of business is opening that evening?

3. According to Florence, which two creatures have struggles similar to her own?

4. Who is Wally?

5. Who establishes a lending library in Hardborough?

(see the answer keys)

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