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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom dream that he considers telling the headmaster about?
(a) He dreams of a woman wailing in a supermarket.
(b) He dreams of the headmaster drowning in a canal.
(c) He dreams of Price as the Prime Minister of Britain.
(d) He dreams of Mary as she was when she was 15.

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

3. What is the name of the student Tom Crick butts heads with the most?
(a) George.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Price.
(d) Dick.

4. Why does his most outspoken student reject Tom Crick's attempt to teach the class history?
(a) He thinks Tom is lying to the class.
(b) He thinks history is imaginary and doesn't matter.
(c) He thinks Tom is senile.
(d) He hates school in general, and Tom is easy to pick on.

5. What is NOT one of the names the Atkinsons give their special-occasion ales?
(a) The Empress of India.
(b) The Golden Jubilee.
(c) The Grand '51.
(d) The Crimean Victory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the great mystery about the eel that nobody has been able to explain?

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

3. What disaster befalls Sarah Atkinson when she is 37 years old?

4. How did Tom's parents meet?

5. What does Tom Crick think the French really celebrate on Bastille Day when they mark the beginning of the French Revolution?

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