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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. In Chapter 8, how many new books would arrive at the library?

2. How many libraries were in Los Angeles in Chapter 1?

3. In 1981, how much was a woman earning a year from selling books stolen from the Los Angeles Public Library?

4. When did Szabo establish Career Online High School?

5. What book did Orlean burn when she decided she needed to burn a book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the firefighters from EC10 first see smoke?

2. How was money raised to replace the library books?

3. Why did Orlean decide to burn a book, and why was it difficult for her?

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

5. What had to be done after the fire was put out?

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

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

8. What was and was not covered by insurance for the Central Library after the fire?

9. What struggle was there for the library staff to work after the fire?

10. Why was it probable that there would be a fire at the library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bertram Goodhue was chosen as the architect for the first Central Library building. How did Goodhue’s architectural style evolve? In what way were the buildings he designed, especially later in his career, eclectic in their style?

Essay Topic 2

Althea Warren was known as a “reading evangelizer” (199). How did Warren feel about reading? How did she encourage people to read? Why was she known as a reading evangelizer or evangelist?

Essay Topic 3

Orlean considered the topic of shared memory. What were Orlean’s thoughts about shared memory? What did that have to do with identity and culture and libraries? How were libraries able to preserve a culture’s collective memory?

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