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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many books were destroyed in the fire?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 450,000.

2. When was John Szabo in graduate school for library science at the University of Michigan?
(a) Late 1990s.
(b) Early 1990s.
(c) Early 2000s.
(d) Late 1980s.

3. When did Szabo establish Career Online High School?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2013.

4. How long did the fire rage at the library?
(a) 9 hours and 42 minutes.
(b) 8 hours and 11 minutes.
(c) 7 hours and 38 minutes.
(d) 6 hours and 19 minutes.

5. What book did Orlean burn when she decided she needed to burn a book?
(a) Lord of the Flies.
(b) 1984.
(c) Animal Farm.
(d) Fahrenheit 451.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Harry Peak die?

2. How many books did the shipping department at Central move around Los Angeles five days a week?

3. When did a public library first exist in Los Angeles?

4. How many libraries were in Los Angeles in Chapter 1?

5. When Orlean visited the library shipping department, how many people were working?

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