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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 is the significance of "Muller's in Wigmore?"
(a) Mrs. Green was born on that estate.
(b) Mrs. Green worked at that restaurant.
(c) Mrs. Green inherited that mansion.
(d) Florence Green gained work experience in that book shop.

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

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

4. What does Milo North purchase for Kattie?
(a) A popular novel.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A coloring book.
(d) A diary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florence use to dry the tears of the child in the schoolyard?

2. Who is the bank manager?

3. What alerts Florence to a storm?

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

5. Which book does Milo purchase for Kattie at the shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Florence not hosting a grand opening for The Old House Bookshop?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Why is Ivy Welford distraught when she looks over the shop's ledger at the end of Chapter 5?

6. Why is Mr. Deben following Florence to the kissing-gate?

7. What previous bookseller event does Mr. Brundish disclose in a note to Florence?

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

9. What statement does Mr. Keble make that is an insult to Florence Green's intelligence? How does she react?

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

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