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

2. About how many maps did Feather collect?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 120,000.

3. What serial killer was Richard Ramirez, a patron of the library, known as?
(a) Night Stalker.
(b) Lonely Hearts Killer.
(c) Grim Sleeper.
(d) The Golden State Killer.

4. In Chapter 8, how many new books would arrive at the library?
(a) 650.
(b) More than 700.
(c) 920.
(d) About 1,000.

5. When did Glen Creason enter library school?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many counts of arson and murder was Glendale fire captain John Leonard Orr charged with?

2. When was Harry Peak born?

3. During the time that Lydia Prescott ran the library, to how many books did the collection grow from an initial number of 12,000?

4. Where did Peggy Murphy begin her library career?

5. Where did Harry Peak grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What book did Orlean burn and how did she describe the process?

2. What struggle was there for the library staff to work after the fire?

3. What work did Carlos Nunez do for the Literacy Center at the Central Library?

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

5. What was the first recorded instance of book burning, and what were the circumstances of that book burning?

6. What was the Career Onlie High School (COHS)?

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

8. Why was it probable that there would be a fire at the library?

9. How did the fire department begin investigating after the fire was extinguished?

10. What was a polite expression in Senegal to say that a person died, and why did the author think the saying was appropriate?

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