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

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

3. How many documents and manuscripts was the Library of Alexandria supposed to have contained?
(a) 850,000.
(b) Half a million.
(c) 900,000.
(d) A quarter million.

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

5. When did the California film industry begin?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years was Wyman Jones city librarian?

3. At the time of the fire, how many librarians worked at Central?

4. When did a public library first exist in Los Angeles?

5. When did the Peaks come to California from Missouri?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Harry Omer Peak?

2. Who was C.J. Moon?

3. How many times were there fires in the Central Library after the fire in April 1986?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Orlean decide to burn a book, and why was it difficult for her?

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

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