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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the phrase Tom uses about who should not have to prop up whom?
(a) Rebels shouldn't have to prop up the tyrant.
(b) Civilians shouldn't have to prop up the government.
(c) The smart should not have to prop up the ignorant.
(d) Teachers shouldn't have to prop up their student's future.

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

4. Tom dislikes the pike because...
(a) The pike reminds him of Dick.
(b) The pike smells awful.
(c) Pikes were swarming around Freddie Parr's body.
(d) Pikes are killers and scares him.

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

6. What are Mary and Tom waiting for the last time they lie together at the windmill?
(a) For the first winter snow.
(b) For a voice from God telling them what to do.
(c) For Dick to find them and kill them.
(d) For Mary to have a miscarriage.

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

8. What does Tom Crick say is the mission of a history teacher?
(a) To instill in his students a sense of destiny.
(b) To motivate his students to be active citizens.
(c) To make sure his students end up loving history.
(d) To teach his students about mistakes.

9. In chapter 32, what is the event that Dick cannot understand?
(a) Mary's attempt to teach him about love.
(b) Freddie Parr's death.
(c) Finding the bottle he used to kill Freddie.
(d) His mother's death.

10. What do the student chant at the headmaster while he is giving his speech?
(a) Fear is here!
(b) Get lost, old man!
(c) Give us Crick!
(d) History is dead!

11. Why does Harry Crick abandon his cottage by the Atkinson lock?
(a) He sees the ghost of Sarah Atkinson.
(b) The River Leem floods and destroys it.
(c) He moves to a retirement home near Tom.
(d) He takes a job in Gildsey as a janitor.

12. How old is Mary when she steals the baby?
(a) 45.
(b) 52.
(c) 15.
(d) 63.

13. 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) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
(d) Hereward and Torfrida.

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

15. Who turns out to be Ernest's other child?
(a) Mary Metcalf.
(b) Tom Crick.
(c) Freddie Parr.
(d) Dick Crick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Price shout when Tom Crick stands up to give his farewell speech?

2. Who tells Harry Crick the truth about Freddie Parr and Dick?

3. Tom thinks that progress leads...

4. What does the letter reveal to Tom and Dick about Dick?

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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