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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 old was staff librarian Tina Princenthal when she knew she wanted to be a librarian?
(a) 5.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

2. When did Central Library create the division of Engagement and Learning?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2013.

3. How much did Robert Maguire pay to buy the air rights for the library?
(a) $22.1 million.
(b) $31.7 million.
(c) $28.2 million.
(d) $18.6 million.

4. In Chapter 21, what drug did Harry tell investigators he had stopped using recently?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Barbituates.

5. How wide was the vacuum chamber McDonnell Douglas used to try to dry the first batch of 20,000 books?
(a) 55 feet.
(b) 40 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 45 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was William Amor incarcerated until his case was reviewed?

2. When did a Chicago developer first propose the concept of air rights?

3. How long were the books frozen before they were ready to be thawed and reprocessed?

4. When did Harry agree to take a polygraph test?

5. How long had Lawrie and Goodhue been friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was "negative corpus" (275)?

2. What fire violations were noted at the library in 1973, and why was Barton Phelps suspicious of some of the violations?

3. What problems were there with the building's infrastructure in Chapter 20?

4. What was the interior of the new library building like?

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

6. How successful was the book-drying project to restore the Central Library collection?

7. When was a teen section opened at the library, and what was it like?

8. What happened when investigators showed librarians a photo lineup that included Harry's driver's license photo?

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

10. What is OverDrive?

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