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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33 | Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tom compare the sound of Dick's motorcycle to the evening Mary has broken up with Tom?
(a) A bomber airplane.
(b) Machine gun fire.
(c) The growling of an angry beast.
(d) The thudding of his own heart.

3. What is the term Tom Crick keeps using to refer to Mary's attitude towards the world when she was an adolescent?
(a) Passive.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Curious.
(d) Eager.

4. What is the question Price asks Tom during their evening spent together that shakes Tom most deeply?
(a) Whether Tom has ever considered ending it all.
(b) Whether Tom even would want to bring children into the world as it is.
(c) Whether Tom isn't actually happy about having been fired.
(d) Whether Tom truly loves Mary.

5. What does Ernest Atkinson do with the three remaining steam ships he owns?
(a) He donates them to the army to aid in the war effort.
(b) He sells them to the city of Gildsey for the use of the fire brigade.
(c) He converts them into pleasure cruise ships.
(d) He names them after his daughter, Helen I, Helen II, and Helen III.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does his most outspoken student reject Tom Crick's attempt to teach the class history?

2. What is one of the books Tom Crick reads that he finds in the trove of books collected by his great-aunts Louisa and Dora?

3. How does Harry Crick find out that his son Dick is in love with Mary?

4. What does Tom notice for the first time when Mary struggles with Freddie Parr's prank?

5. What convinced Tom Crick that he should study and teach history?

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