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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. Who is Mr. Dowthwaite?

2. What view does Birkin have from where he sleeps at the church?

3. Who argues that it is an outrage that someone as beautiful as Alice is married to Keach?

4. What factor does Birkin base his observation on that the painting must have been hidden under the paint for a long time?

5. What does Birkin seem to have for the painting he will uncover?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many times has Birkin performed the task of uncovering a wall painting?

2. Describe Kathy Ellerbeck according to Birkin's observations.

3. What does Birkin specifically ask Keach if he can use? How does Keach respond?

4. What does Birkin think about Alice Keach after their first meeting?

5. Describe what Birkin sees when he first enters the church.

6. What does Keach ask Birkin about the wall painting? How does Birkin respond?

7. Why does Kathy Ellerbeck come to visit Birkin at the church? What does she bring?

8. How does Birkin respond to Kathy Ellerbeck's invitation to Sunday School? What does she say he can do there?

9. How does Thomas Birkin arrive in Oxgodby, England? What does he do when he first gets there?

10. While Thomas Birkin is at the station at the beginning of the novel, who does he see looking at him? What does he imagine that this person is thinking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining how setting influences the characters in the novel. How are the characters connected to the world outside of Oxgodby?

Essay Topic 2

Kathy Ellerbeck is first seen as the girl at the train station who stares at Birkin as he steps off the train. Write an essay examining the character of Kathy Ellerbeck.

Essay Topic 3

The entire novel revolves around the work that Birkin is doing on the painting. Write an essay exploring the roles of the painting. Why is it so important? How does it affect the people that see it?

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