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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did the library open daily?

2. How many hours of indexing work did C.J. Moon like to do when he came to the library to index the maps?

3. When did William Blades write one of the first books about burning books?

4. When did Szabo establish Career Online High School?

5. How long did the fire rage at the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Career Onlie High School (COHS)?

2. Why did Arin Kasparian start working at the library, and how did it change his goals for a career?

3. How did the fire department begin investigating after the fire was extinguished?

4. Where did condolences come from after the fire?

5. What book did Orlean burn and how did she describe the process?

6. How many times were there fires in the Central Library after the fire in April 1986?

7. What were some events that happened during Creason's career at Central Library?

8. In Chapter 8, how many new books would arrive at the library in a month, and how were they processed?

9. Who was Bertram Goodhue?

10. What did Orlean discover about the library's reputation for being a quiet place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the 1960s, the Goodhue Building’s infrastructure was failing. How was the building's infrastructure failing by the 1960s? What challenges were caused by the deterioration of the building?

Essay Topic 2

Orlean had decided not to write books anymore. Why did Orlean decide not to write books anymore? Why did she change her mind and write The Library Book?

Essay Topic 3

Mary Jones was a city librarian who was asked to resign, even after a favorable review of her work. Why was Mary Jones asked to resign? What did the request for her to resign reveal about gender roles of the time?

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