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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 74-111).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the church's minister?
(a) Moon.
(b) Hebron.
(c) Keach.
(d) Mossop.

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

3. While on the ladder in the church for the first time, Thomas Birkin thinks about everything that _________ has told him.
(a) The stationmaster.
(b) Miss Hebron.
(c) Keach.
(d) Moon.

4. What do the Ellerbecks and Birkin find out when they return to Oxgodby after the Sunday School treat?
(a) Emily Clough has died.
(b) The church has burned down.
(c) Mossop has finished his job.
(d) Moon has broken his leg.

5. How is the August weather described?
(a) As hot and dry.
(b) As unbearably humid.
(c) As cool but humid.
(d) As mild.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Birkin, who typically drew the other paintings from the time period of the painting he is working on?

2. What does Birkin assume when Keach fails to give Birkin his first installment?

3. What does Birkin look at after Keach visits him for the first time?

4. What do the families eat at the Sunday School treat?

5. Who does Thomas Birkin see staring at him from the station house when he arrives?

(see the answer key)

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