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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 was the library's cornerstone laid?
(a) May 19, 1925.
(b) May 3, 1925.
(c) April 23, 1925.
(d) April 2, 1925.
2. How many gallons of water seeped out when McDonnell Douglas processed the first books?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 750.
(c) 600.
(d) 800.
3. How long did the debate whether to renovate or replace the Goodhue Building go on?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) About 12 years.
(d) Almost 15 years.
4. When was the Rumford Fair Housing Act passed?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1964.
5. By what year had OverDrive reached the milestone of having lent one billion books?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2015.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long did it take to pour the concrete for the rotunda?
2. When did downtown Los Angeles begin percolating as a business district?
3. When did more than 1,500 library staff members sign a petition complaining that central Library was a hazardous work environment?
4. 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?
5. When were the coffeemakers banned that librarians used in their workrooms?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the conclusion of investigators who first questioned Harry?
2. What law suits were filed after Harry was released from jail?
3. What was the Source?
4. What was "negative corpus" (275)?
5. Who became Harry's lawyer and why?
6. What was the interior of the new library building like?
7. What was the Computer Center like at the library?
8. When was Harry arrested and why?
9. What fire violations were noted at the library in 1973, and why was Barton Phelps suspicious of some of the violations?
10. At the time the book was written, what storytimes were offered in the Children's Department, and how was attendance?
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