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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harry Peark's mother do for a living?
(a) Cashier.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Day care worker.

2. In Chapter 6, how many buildings was the city librarian responsible for?
(a) 89.
(b) 107.
(c) 73.
(d) 68.

3. How many counts of arson and murder was Glendale fire captain John Leonard Orr charged with?
(a) 72 counts of arson and 11 counts of murder.
(b) 55 counts of arson and 7 counts of murder.
(c) 40 counts of arson and 4 counts of murder.
(d) 60 counts of arson and 9 counts of murder.

4. How many hours of indexing work did C.J. Moon like to do when he came to the library to index the maps?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

5. When was the Library of Alexandria burned and not rebuilt?
(a) 592 AD.
(b) 497 AD.
(c) 640 AD.
(d) 326 AD.

6. How long has the Los Angelese Public Library been online?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1994.

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

8. What color hair did Harry Peak have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blond.

9. How many of Harry's siblings graduated from high school?
(a) All of them.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) None of them.

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

11. In 1981, how much was a woman earning a year from selling books stolen from the Los Angeles Public Library?
(a) Approximately $40,000.
(b) About $50,000.
(c) $60,000.
(d) $35,000.

12. When did Gene Scott, a pastor of the Westcott Christian Center buy a 4,000 seat auditorium that used to belong to the Church of the Open Door?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1986.

13. When was the earliest public library established in Los Angeles?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1859.

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

15. Where was Harry hired as a valet once?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Radisson.
(c) Bank.
(d) Sheraton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, when did the shipping department at the library begin their day?

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

3. How much did the first library bond issue raise to build a library?

4. When did Szabo establish Career Online High School?

5. Where did Wyman Jones run library systems before he came to Los Angeles?

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