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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?
(a) Trout.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Eel.
(d) Carp.

2. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
(a) They helped drain the marshes by buiding locks and canals.
(b) They represented the Gildsey district in parliament.
(c) They owned a major textile factory.
(d) They ran a famous brewery.

3. What does Tom Crick's new-coined term "histrionics" refer to?
(a) The combined study of history and economics.
(b) Changing history through technology.
(c) Being hysterically enthusiastic about something.
(d) Throwing an angry fit because what has happened is history and cannot be changed.

4. What about Mary strikes Tom when he returns from Germany at the end of World War II to marry her?
(a) How tough and independent she has become.
(b) How frail and vulnerable she seems.
(c) How much of her old spark and curiosity she has lost.
(d) How much more beautiful she has become.

5. What World War I battle was Tom's father injured in and saw his brother killed in earlier in the day?
(a) Somme.
(b) Verdun.
(c) Ypres.
(d) Marne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry Crick's occupation?

2. The effects of Ernest's special ale caused all of the following EXCEPT:

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

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

5. Henry Crick, Tom's father, is obsessed with one question about Freddie's death that he repeats over and over again. What is it?

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