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

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

3. When did the Peaks come to California from Missouri?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1948.

4. When did the Los Angeles Public Library update its circulation system?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2008.

5. When did Orlean and her husband move to Los Angeles?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2015.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boxes of books were sent to freezers in food warehouses?

2. On what side of the library did the first windows explode?

3. What did Harry Peark's mother do for a living?

4. How many books were destroyed in the fire?

5. What book did Orlean burn when she decided she needed to burn a book?

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