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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. When did a Chicago developer first propose the concept of air rights?

2. How many people were killed by the Sylmar Earthquake?

3. 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?

4. When did Harry sue the City of Los Angeles?

5. What temperature did McDonnell Douglas use in their vacuum chamber to try to dry the first batch of books?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened during the Sylmar Earthquake?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What a reader knows about events and people is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

For nearly 15 years, there was a struggle between those who wanted to preserve the library and those who wanted to tear it down. What were the pros and cons of preserving or tearing down the library? Why did the preservationists win and the Goodhue Building was saved?

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