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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 long was William Amor incarcerated until his case was reviewed?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 27 years.

2. What temperature did McDonnell Douglas use in their vacuum chamber to try to dry the first batch of books?
(a) 100 degrees.
(b) 95 degrees.
(c) 120 degrees.
(d) 110 degrees.

3. In cold weather, how many times a day would a building engineer have to pour water on the boiler to prevent it from blowing up?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. In 1973, what were the hours of the Hoot Owl Telephonic Reference?
(a) 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
(b) 8 p.m. to midnight.
(c) 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
(d) 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

5. In Chapter 25, what was the estimated cost of repairing and expanding the current Central Library building?
(a) Close to $150 million.
(b) $160 million.
(c) $175 million.
(d) About $180 miillion.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was ground broken for the new library wing?

2. When was Harry arrested?

3. How much did the rotunda chandelier weigh?

4. When was the Rumford Fair Housing Act passed?

5. Where did Lawrie include Goodhue on the facade of the Los Angeles library?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the 1960s, what measures were taken because of the building's fragile electrical system?

2. What was the Computer Center like at the library?

3. At the time the book was written, what storytimes were offered in the Children's Department, and how was attendance?

4. What did Orlean observe when she visited the reference section on a Monday morning?

5. How did the reference librarians attempt to handle questions in the department?

6. Who was Paul Bieber, and what was his opinion about the library fire?

7. Who became Harry's lawyer and why?

8. How did Althea Warren have to economize when she was city librarian?

9. Who was Todd Wilingham, and how was he falsely accused of starting a fire?

10. What happened during the Sylmar Earthquake?

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