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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a visitor to the Los Angeles Public Library publish an essay imagining a time when the library would be compressed into an object the size of a suitcase?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1904.

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

3. About what percent of the library system's literacy students are not native English speakers?
(a) 75%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 65%.

4. When did Glen Creason enter library school?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

5. In Cajamarca Province, Peru, how many farmers make space in their homes for library books since there is no library?
(a) 700.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 250.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair did Harry Peak have?

2. How many librarians were killed by the AIDS crisis?

3. When did the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang burn books and kill 400 scholars?

4. What type of librarian did Arin Kasparian wish to become?

5. When did downtown Los Angeles begin percolating as a business district?

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