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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the headmaster give the students for Tom's retirement from the school?
(a) Because the history department will be cut.
(b) Personal reasons.
(c) Health reasons.
(d) Because Tom is a disgrace to the school.

2. What does Tom tell Dick about Mary's baby?
(a) That the baby really was Freddie Parr's.
(b) That it's Dick's fault the baby died.
(c) That the baby was Harold Metcalf's.
(d) That the baby is Dick's.

3. While Harry Crick recovers from his ordeal, whom does Mary remind him of?
(a) Florence Nightingale.
(b) His wife, Helen Atkinson.
(c) Sarah Atkinson.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

4. Tom thinks Mary cannot overcome her insanity because...
(a) Brain chemistry is destiny.
(b) He does not love her enough.
(c) There is no cure for Alzheimer's.
(d) She keeps reliving the past.

5. What is Dick's reaction to the revelation about his birth?
(a) He shouts that he lu-lu-loves Tom.
(b) He tries to kill Tom with one of the beer bottles.
(c) He laughs, jumps up and down, and cries,
(d) He runs from the room, hides, and then drives off on his motorbike.

6. 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) Wednesday and Sunday.
(d) Monday and Thursday.

7. Who tells Harry Crick the truth about Freddie Parr and Dick?
(a) Tom.
(b) Dick.
(c) The ghost of Sarah Atkinson.
(d) Mary.

8. What is the title Ernest Atkinson gives Dick in the letter?
(a) An expletive.
(b) Earl of Gildsey.
(c) Most Beloved Grandson.
(d) Saviour of the World.

9. What important phrase does Tom shout to Price just before they part?
(a) Don't become like I am!
(b) Don't let them do it!
(c) All I told you was lies!
(d) Don't forget me!

10. Instead of living up to their ideals of freedom, brotherhood, and equality, Tom says the French revolutionaries turned straight to what?
(a) Napoleon and his promises of glory and Empire.
(b) Mob rule and mass murder.
(c) Destroying their own civilization.
(d) The radical capitalism of Adam Smith.

11. What does Mary tell Tom about the unborn child at the windmill?
(a) That the child is Freddie Parr's.
(b) That the child is Dick's after all.
(c) That the child has been dead for weeks.
(d) That the child his her father's.

12. What is NOT one of the synonyms for phlegm used in chapter 52?
(a) Slime.
(b) Viscous semi-fluid.
(c) Mucus.
(d) Snot.

13. What is the name of the supermarket that Mary stole the baby from?
(a) Sainsburys.
(b) Safeways.
(c) Tesco.
(d) Morrisons.

14. What is the name of the Cricks' golden retriever?
(a) Rupert.
(b) Andy.
(c) Paddy.
(d) Goldie.

15. Who dies of the flu?
(a) Harry Crick.
(b) Ernest Atkinson.
(c) Helen Crick.
(d) Jack Parr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Helen Crick ask to see when she is on her deathbed?

2. What is NOT a positive personality trait associated with phlegm, and one notably absent from most of the major characters of the novel?

3. What do the student chant at the headmaster while he is giving his speech?

4. What is the mother's reaction to the Cricks when they return the baby?

5. Harry feels ridiculous in Tom's presence, because while Tom read history books Harry did what?

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