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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did William Blades write one of the first books about burning books?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1880.

2. Where did Harry Peak grow up?
(a) Temple City.
(b) Santa Fe Springs.
(c) Agoura Hills.
(d) Compton.

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

4. What day did the library burn?
(a) April 4, 1986.
(b) April 19, 1986.
(c) April 22, 1986.
(d) April 29, 1986.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time the book was written, about how many firefighter arsonists were arrested every year?

2. Where did Peggy Murphy begin her library career?

3. In 1981, how much was a woman earning a year from selling books stolen from the Los Angeles Public Library?

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

5. In Poland during World War II, what percent of the books in the country were destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Harry Omer Peak?

2. What had to be done after the fire was put out?

3. What was Charles Lummis's first job in Los Angeles, and how did he get to the city from Cleveland?

4. What had to be done with the books that were wet?

5. What jobs did Harry have in Los Angeles?

6. In Chapter 8, how many new books would arrive at the library in a month, and how were they processed?

7. How was money raised to replace the library books?

8. Where did the firefighters from EC10 first see smoke?

9. How did Orlean describe the Central Library when she first saw it?

10. Why did Arin Kasparian start working at the library, and how did it change his goals for a career?

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