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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Tom's mind, the headmaster thinks of the school as what, figuratively speaking?
(a) A duck pond with a fence.
(b) A swamp full of lost sheep.
(c) A kennel for wild dogs.
(d) An atomic bomb shelter.

2. Which two fictional characters does Tom compare himself and Mary to as they walk the Fenland tracks to Martha Clay's cottage?
(a) Lancelot and Guinevere.
(b) Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Hereward and Torfrida.

3. 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.
(a) Ravens picking at piles of corpses.
(b) Corpseless heads that rolled their eyes and screamed.
(c) Old women knitting at the scaffold.
(d) Headless corpses that flailed and kicked.

4. At the end of chapter 44, Tom Crick decides that what people really want to know isn't truth. What they really want is...
(a) An excuse to hate.
(b) To know that they're right.
(c) To laugh at someone.
(d) Drama.

5. While Martha locks herself in with Mary, she asks Tom to do what outside?
(a) Chop firewood.
(b) Pluck a duck.
(c) Pray to the Virgin Mary.
(d) Stand guard.

6. What is the way out everybody in Price's nightmare uses except for Price?
(a) Covering their ears.
(b) The classroom window.
(c) Suicide pills.
(d) Turning themselves into more black dogs.

7. What happens to Dick Crick when he hears the church bells ring?
(a) He sees the ghost of Sarah Atkinson next to him.
(b) The sun shines on his face and he smiles.
(c) He hears his wife's voice in the sound of the bells.
(d) He takes Mary's hand and dies.

8. What is Tom Crick's response to Mary's claim that God speaks to her.
(a) God does not exist.
(b) God is imaginary.
(c) God never spoke to anyone.
(d) God does not speak anymore.

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

10. What is not one of the things Tom does in the evenings when he alone?
(a) Smoke cigarettes.
(b) Drink heavily.
(c) Cry.
(d) Grade papers.

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

12. On what days does Tom stay at home at night because Dick spends the evenings out with Mary?
(a) Wednesday and Sunday.
(b) Monday and Thursday.
(c) Tuesday and Friday.
(d) Wednesday and Saturday.

13. Who buys a large house in Gildsey for the newly married Tom and Mary?
(a) Dick Crick.
(b) Harold Metcalf.
(c) Harry Crick.
(d) Tom Crick.

14. 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) Fairy tales.
(b) Fireworks over the Fens.
(c) Two crossed ears of barley on ships' bows.
(d) Steam trains.

15. What is Martha Clay's pet?
(a) A black cat.
(b) A ferret.
(c) An angry dog.
(d) A talking raven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mary and Tom waiting for the last time they lie together at the windmill?

2. According to ancient tradition, too much phlegm is best countered with large amounts of what substance that many characters in the novel use in large quantities?

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

4. Tom dislikes the pike because...

5. In chapter 32, what is the event that Dick cannot understand?

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