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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. Of fires that were first thought to be arson, how many were discovered not to be arson after reexamination and further investigation?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/3.

2. According to a 2010 survey, how many Americans used one of the country's 17,078 public libraries and bookmobiles in the course of the year?
(a) Almost 3 million.
(b) Around 6 million.
(c) 7 million.
(d) 9 million.

3. How long had Viola Castro worked at the library in Chapter 24?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 19 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. How long did the debate whether to renovate or replace the Goodhue Building go on?
(a) Almost 15 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) About 12 years.

5. When was Harry arrested?
(a) March 3, 1987.
(b) February 9, 1987.
(c) February 27, 1987.
(d) March 15, 1987.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year had OverDrive reached the milestone of having lent one billion books?

2. When did the new library officially open?

3. When was the ban against buildings taller than 13 stories lifted in Los Angeles?

4. How long did Sally Buchanan, chief conservator, tell her staff it would take to rehabilitate the books and have them ready to be cataloged and returned to the shelves?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is OverDrive?

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

10. What happened during the Sylmar Earthquake?

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