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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 | Chapter 40.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mary tell Tom about the unborn child at the windmill?
(a) That the child is Dick's after all.
(b) That the child his her father's.
(c) That the child has been dead for weeks.
(d) That the child is Freddie Parr's.
2. What World War I battle was Tom's father injured in and saw his brother killed in earlier in the day?
(a) Marne.
(b) Ypres.
(c) Somme.
(d) Verdun.
3. What is NOT one of the emblems of by-gone years that Tom includes in his list of memories he wants Mary to recall?
(a) Two crossed ears of barley on ships' bows.
(b) Fairy tales.
(c) Fireworks over the Fens.
(d) Steam trains.
4. How does Harry Crick find out that his son Dick is in love with Mary?
(a) Mary's father, Harold Metcalf, asks him to keep Dick away from Mary.
(b) Dick angrily shouts at Tom to stay away from Mary.
(c) He overhears Dick talking to himself about Mary.
(d) Dick asks how babies are made.
5. Why does Tom Crick decide to study the history of the Fens?
(a) Because the only scholarship to university he can get is for Fenland history.
(b) To avoid thinking about the history that is in the making as World War II rages.
(c) Because it is the only history that holds any fascination for him.
(d) Because the only history books he can find during the Battle for Britain are local ones.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the question humans must always ask about history?
2. What is the name of the student club that Price is part of?
3. Henry Crick, Tom's father, is obsessed with one question about Freddie's death that he repeats over and over again. What is it?
4. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?
5. What is NOT one of the grotesque details Tom Crick lists to show that the French Revolution should better be remembered for its guillotines than for the festive spirit of the French on July 14th, when they "prefer fairy tales" about their history.
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