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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. What was Mr. Green's job when his future wife first met him?
(a) Poetry buyer.
(b) Naturalist.
(c) Banker.
(d) Postman.

2. Which adjectives are used to describe the citizens of Hardborough?
(a) Uneducated, but hard working.
(b) Kind, but stubborn.
(c) Arrogant, but helpful.
(d) Cautious, but interested.

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

4. Who establishes a lending library in Hardborough?
(a) Violet Gamart.
(b) Florence Green.
(c) Mr. Raven.
(d) Mr. Brundish.

5. Who does Mrs. Green assist on her way home in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Raven.
(b) Kattie.
(c) Mrs. Garmet.
(d) Mr. Garmet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Florence's attitude about attending the social party in Chapter 2?

2. What is one drawback to the lending library?

3. Who thinks that the bookstore is a circulating library?

4. Which of the following characters is NOT a customer of The Bookshop in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the current book mobile not acceptable to avid readers?

2. Why does Mr. Gill elaborate about his connection to Violet Gamart in his letter to Florence?

3. Why is Mr. Gill's letter, in a sense, threatening to Florence?

4. Florence Green is facing a major decision about using her inheritance to open the bookshop. What factors must she consider before she decides the action she should take?

5. How does Mrs. Gamart try to persuade Florence to rethink her decision to establish the shop?

6. Who wants to prevent Florence from moving into the Old House and opening a shop? Why?

7. Why are the books arranged to the front of the shelves?

8. Names are sometimes symbolic. How is Hardborough, the town's name, used as a symbol?

9. Why are the guests not expressing their true feelings about an arts centre to Mrs. Gamart?

10. Why is Milo North glad that Florence is visiting him?

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