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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mary's father Harold Metcalf treat Tom's father Harry?
(a) Like a man treats his long-lost brother.
(b) Like a priest treats an unrepentent sinner.
(c) Like a high and mighty squire treats a supplicant serf.
(d) Like an angry father treats his daughter's murderer.

2. Whom does Helen Crick ask to see when she is on her deathbed?
(a) Harry.
(b) Tom.
(c) Dick.
(d) Ernest.

3. What marks the end of Ernest Atkinson's political career?
(a) He opposes the unionization of dock workers.
(b) He offends the mayor of Gildsey.
(c) He runs as a candidate for the Liberal Party.
(d) He sneezes in parliament during a speech by King George V.

4. What is the title Ernest Atkinson gives Dick in the letter?
(a) Saviour of the World.
(b) Earl of Gildsey.
(c) An expletive.
(d) Most Beloved Grandson.

5. Why does Tom Crick apologize to Price outside the pub?
(a) Tom thinks he wasted the students' time in his history class.
(b) Tom promised Price a lift but now is too drunk to drive.
(c) Tom doesn't really know either.
(d) Tom shouts at the barman and has them both kicked out of the pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary tell Tom about the unborn child at the windmill?

2. What about the scene at the Lode does NOT remind Tom of the later scene of Freddie Parr's death?

3. What does Mary fail to explain to Dick properly, with terrible consequences?

4. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the question humans must always ask about history?

5. What secret does Tom reveal to his students about Lewis Scott, the headmaster of the school?

(see the answer key)

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