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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 were Castro's children when she got them library cards?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. Where did Orlean attend an international gathering about libraries in the twenty-first century with the theme of "Rethink" (293)?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Finland.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Norway.

3. How many officers reported to David Aguirre, the head of security for the library?
(a) 68.
(b) 46.
(c) 51.
(d) 39.

4. When did a visitor to the Los Angeles Public Library publish an essay imagining a time when the library would be compressed into an object the size of a suitcase?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1886.

5. When did librarians unionize as the Librarians' Guild?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Rumford Fair Housing Act passed?

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

3. For how much did the city of Los Angeles sue Harry?

4. When did Warren leave the library?

5. What did Lawrie do before returning to the work on the library after Goodhue's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was Harry arrested and why?

2. What was the conclusion of investigators who first questioned Harry?

3. What law suits were filed after Harry was released from jail?

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

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

6. What was the Source?

7. What was the tomb like that Lee Lawrie designed for Bertram Goodhue?

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

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

10. Why did economics favor destroying the Goodhue Building?

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