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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years was Wyman Jones city librarian?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 25 years.

2. At the time of the fire, how many librarians worked at Central?
(a) 98.
(b) 250.
(c) 170.
(d) 145.

3. During the time that Lydia Prescott ran the library, to how many books did the collection grow from an initial number of 12,000?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 150,000.

4. How long would it take to process a book in Chapter 8?
(a) About 2 weeks.
(b) Almost a week.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 4 days.

5. When and where was Wyman Jones born?
(a) 1931 in Indiana.
(b) !928 in Iowa.
(c) 1930 in Michigan.
(d) 1929 in Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What serial killer was Richard Ramirez, a patron of the library, known as?

2. When did Szabo establish Career Online High School?

3. When did William Blades write one of the first books about burning books?

4. What was the membership fee for the library that opened in John Downey's building in 1873?

5. How many counts of arson and murder was Glendale fire captain John Leonard Orr charged with?

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