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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. Of fires that were first thought to be arson, how many were discovered not to be arson after reexamination and further investigation?

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

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

4. When was Teen'Scape, the teen section of the library, inaugurated?

5. When did the Hoot Owl Telephonic reference end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Hoot Owl Telephonic Reference?

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

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

7. What happened during the Sylmar Earthquake?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personification is a type of figurative language that assigns human characteristics to inanimate objects. How does the author use personification in the book? How does the use of personification assist readers in imagining scenes and objects?

Essay Topic 2

John Szabo became city librarian of Los Angeles in 2012. What were his contributions to the library? What did his contributions reveal about innovation?

Essay Topic 3

Much of the library fire arson investigation was based on assumptions. When was the first scientifically-based report released on how to examine fires? Why were arson cases mostly based on assumptions before that time? How did assumption lead to wrongful convictions and how might assumption have led to Harry’s arrest?

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