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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 49-74).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the "dafties" in Sunday School that Birkin is supposed to help out?
(a) The drafts from the windows.
(b) The unruly children.
(c) The smart children.
(d) The pretty girls.

2. Which of the following characteristics does not describe the portrayal that Birkin suspects might be a portrait in the larger painting?
(a) Bright red hair.
(b) The man is wearing a gold necklace.
(c) It is more detailed than the rest of the portrayals.
(d) A crescent shaped scar on the man's forehead.

3. Where is Keach not fond of Birkin living?
(a) The bell chamber of the church.
(b) The field next to the church.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The chancel of the church.

4. What kind of tower does the church include with its stone walls?
(a) A tall tower.
(b) An ordinate tower.
(c) A squat tower.
(d) A purple tower.

5. How is the roof of the church at which Thomas Birkin arrives described?
(a) Flat.
(b) Pointy.
(c) Not leaking.
(d) Leaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the church's minister?

2. What is Birkin doing when Alice Keach first comes to see him at the church?

3. What does Thomas Birkin look at when he arrives at the beginning of the novel?

4. What is clutching the man in the painting whose portrayal Birkin suspects is a portrait?

5. What occupations does Kathy suggest for Birkin?

(see the answer key)

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