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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 the Sylmar Earthquake occur?

2. When did downtown Los Angeles begin percolating as a business district?

3. When did the Green Report study recommend that the Goodhue Building be torn down?

4. When did the Hoot Owl Telephonic reference end?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did economics favor destroying the Goodhue Building?

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

3. Who became Harry's lawyer and why?

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

5. What was the Source?

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Hoot Owl Telephonic Reference?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Orlean’s mother introduced her early to libraries. What was Orlean’s experience with libraries throughout her life? Why did her definition of a library change while she was researching for the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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