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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many boxes of books were sent to freezers in food warehouses?
(a) More than 50,000.
(b) 58,000.
(c) 47,000.
(d) About 40,000.

2. How long did Sally Buchanan, chief conservator, tell her staff it would take to rehabilitate the books and have them ready to be cataloged and returned to the shelves?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 48 months.
(c) 24 months.
(d) 36 months.

3. When did librarians unionize as the Librarians' Guild?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

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

5. When Orlean visited the library shipping department, how many people were working?
(a) 9 men and 4 women.
(b) 11 men and 3 women.
(c) 8 men and 1 woman.
(d) 7 men and 2 women.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many maps did Feather collect?

2. When did a Chicago developer first propose the concept of air rights?

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

4. How many documents and manuscripts was the Library of Alexandria supposed to have contained?

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

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