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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. How many gallons of water seeped out when McDonnell Douglas processed the first books?

2. In Chapter 24, how many desktop computers were available for use at the Computer Center?

3. When did Everett Perry die?

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

5. When was the first recorded instance of a bookmobile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Source?

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

3. Who was Paul Bieber, and what was his opinion about the library fire?

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

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

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

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

8. At the time the book was written, what storytimes were offered in the Children's Department, and how was attendance?

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

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

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

Juxtaposition is a literary device used to compare and contrast things. How does the author use juxtaposition to show the differences between the old and new library? How does the use of juxtaposition show the way that the past, present, and future intersected at the library?

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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