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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was a man named Todd Willingham convicted of setting a fire that killed his children?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1991.

2. When did Harry agree to take a polygraph test?
(a) October 27, 1986.
(b) October 11, 1986.
(c) October 4, 1986.
(d) October 30, 1986.

3. In Chapter 22, how long had Pasquineli been a librarian at Central?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 29 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 14 months.

4. When Althea Warren became librarian how old did children have to be to get library cards?
(a) 5th grade of above.
(b) 3rd grade or above.
(c) 2nd grade or above.
(d) 4th grade or above.

5. When did the Green Report study recommend that the Goodhue Building be torn down?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Goodhue buried?

3. In Chapter 20, at what internal temperature did the administration decide to close the library on hot days?

4. How many reading rooms were arranged along the perimeter of the library building?

5. What did Lawrie do before returning to the work on the library after Goodhue's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened during the Sylmar Earthquake?

2. What was the Hoot Owl Telephonic Reference?

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. When was Harry arrested and why?

6. How did Althea Warren have to economize when she was city librarian?

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

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

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

10. Who was Todd Wilingham, and how was he falsely accused of starting a fire?

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