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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. In Cajamarca Province, Peru, how many farmers make space in their homes for library books since there is no library?
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 700.
(d) 250.

2. When did Everett Perry die?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1931.

3. When did Robert Sheahen and Harry Peak first meet?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1982.

4. How many reading rooms were arranged along the perimeter of the library building?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

5. When did more than 1,500 library staff members sign a petition complaining that central Library was a hazardous work environment?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Orlean attend an international gathering about libraries in the twenty-first century with the theme of "Rethink" (293)?

2. In Chapter 25, what was the estimated cost of repairing and expanding the current Central Library building?

3. How long did riots last in Watts in 1965?

4. In the 1960s, how many books did the library loan out per capita?

5. When was the phone at the InfoNow Department particularly busy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the Hoot Owl Telephonic Reference?

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

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

10. What happened during the Sylmar Earthquake?

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