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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. Who wants to use the Old House as an arts center?
(a) Mr. Keble.
(b) Milo North.
(c) Florence Green.
(d) Violet Gamart.

2. How old is the "Old House?"
(a) 500 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 1000 years.
(d) 100 years.

3. Who is Florence's lawyer?
(a) Charles North.
(b) Mr. Thornton.
(c) General Gamart.
(d) Mr. Blackburn.

4. Why do the town people warm up to Florence in Chapter 2?
(a) They realize she is a relative of Mr. Brundish.
(b) They realize she is very intelligent.
(c) They realize she is very wealthy.
(d) They realize she is not an intellectual threat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has The Bookshop been open in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 1, what situation is causing Florence concern?

3. Who is in the Old House when Florence returns from a trip?

4. Who visits the Baden-Powell House?

5. What does Florence note about the author's name of the book Milo suggests?

Short Essay Questions

1. The heron and the eel are in a struggle for survival in mid-air. How does this struggle relate to Florence Green's inner conflict?

2. According to Ivy Welford, what is the purpose of a business ledger? What effect does Ivy's comment have on Florence?

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

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

5. Why is this meal appropriate for a resident of Hardborough?

6. Who is Ivy Welford? How does she interact with Florence?

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

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

9. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what meal is Florence preparing for herself?

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

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