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

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

3. On what days does Tom stay at home at night because Dick spends the evenings out with Mary?
(a) Tuesday and Friday.
(b) Wednesday and Saturday.
(c) Monday and Thursday.
(d) Wednesday and Sunday.

4. Who says, "explaining's a way of avoiding the facts while you pretend to get near to them?"
(a) Mary Crick.
(b) Price.
(c) Tom Crick.
(d) Lewis Scott.

5. Why does Mary tell Dick that she is pregnant with Freddie Parr's child?
(a) She's being silly, but Dick doesn't understand that she is joking.
(b) She wants Dick to make Freddie leave her alone.
(c) She wants to end her love lessons with Dick.
(d) She tells Dick it isn't his child, sees his anger, and wants to protect Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ernest Atkinson, Tom's grandfather, do that marks the beginning of a long list of scandalous behavior?

2. What is Tom Crick's response to this revelation?

3. Tom confronts Price about his frequent interruptions during class. What question does Price's reluctance about history boil down to?

4. How does Tom react to Mary's statement that "everything has changed" with Freddie's death.

5. What does Ernest Atkinson do with the three remaining steam ships he owns?

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