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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 secret does Tom reveal to his students about Lewis Scott, the headmaster of the school?
(a) The headmaster cheated to receive his university degree.
(b) The headmaster is having an affair with his secretary, Miss Plum.
(c) The headmaster keeps whisky bottles in his filing cabinet.
(d) The headmaster was once arrested for cross-dressing.

2. Whom does Tom Crick quote as saying, "we cannot step into the same river twice?"
(a) Heraclitus of Ephesus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Dionysius the Areopagite.
(d) Cicero.

3. What did the inquest decide was the cause of Freddie Parr's death?
(a) Freddie had been robbed and drowned by thugs.
(b) Freddie had been hit on the head with a bottle.
(c) Freddie was drunk, fell in the water, and could not swim.
(d) Freddie had committed suicide.

4. Tom Crick mentions a similarity his father found between his home and the battlefields of World War I. What is that similarity?
(a) The army served the same ale the Atkinsons brewed in Gildsey.
(b) The pretty girls in the town were disdainful of him.
(c) The men were silent and preferred to keep to themselves.
(d) The mud felt the same and eels swam in the pools.

5. Who does Tom Crick think his wife Mary is having a love affair with in her old age?
(a) God.
(b) His brother Dick.
(c) Their neighbor's son George.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. The headmaster of the school where Tom Crick teaches history thinks Tom should retire from his job. Why?

2. How did Tom's parents meet?

3. What tells Tom that he and Mary must finish their argument quickly because the park is about to close?

4. What does Tom Crick's new-coined term "histrionics" refer to?

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

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