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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?
(a) Drifting along the canal at the Atkinson Lock.
(b) Slumped over the table at Jack Parr's house.
(c) Hung from the rafters in the Cricks' barn.
(d) Sprawled in shrubbery by the side of the Ouse River Road.

2. During the festivities for the newly crowned King George V, the New Atkinson Brewery is destroyed. How?
(a) A delivery truck rams one of the main pillars and collapses the building.
(b) An accidental explosion in the boiler room.
(c) A fire nobody can explain.
(d) An overexcited mob looking for more ale.

3. What is the historical event that Tom Crick keeps returning to over and over again as he explains that history seems to move in a circle?
(a) The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
(b) The Norman Invasion of 1066.
(c) The Sarajevo Assassination of 1914.
(d) The French Revolution of 1789.

4. Which part of London does the couple move to once they are married and Tom takes a job as a history teacher?
(a) Greenwich.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Notting Hill.
(d) Knightsbridge.

5. What does Tom Crick's new-coined term "histrionics" refer to?
(a) Throwing an angry fit because what has happened is history and cannot be changed.
(b) Being hysterically enthusiastic about something.
(c) Changing history through technology.
(d) The combined study of history and economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is NOT one of the ghosts that is said to haunt the marches along the River Leem?

2. What about the scene at the Lode does NOT remind Tom of the later scene of Freddie Parr's death?

3. What does Tom Crick find in the river that he thinks caused the bruise that killed Freddie Parr?

4. What convinced Tom Crick that he should study and teach history?

5. What tells Tom that he and Mary must finish their argument quickly because the park is about to close?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the chapter title "The Saviour of the World" refer to, and what does it mean?

2. In chapter 20, Price tells Tom Crick that he thinks "explaining's a way of avoiding the facts while you pretend to get near them." Why does Price think he does not need to have explanations for history?

3. In chapter 37, Tom Crick discusses the idea of terror and how it aids people in pretending they're changing the world for the better. What are some examples Tom gives from the French Revolution?

4. In chapter 17, Tom Crick discusses his difficulties in trying to marry Mary Metcalf. What are the sources of those difficulties?

5. In chapter 27, Tom Crick explains what he means by Natural History. What does he think it is a study of, truly?

6. What is the surprise Tom Crick encounters when he stands up to speak at the end of chapter 48?

7. In chapter 45, what is the symbolic significance of where Dick elected to hide the key from Tom to their mother's chest?

8. In chapter 7, Tom describes the complicated relationship between Mary, Tom, Freddie Parr, and Dick. Briefly discuss the main dynamics of this relationship.

9. In chapter 25, Tom Crick gauges the reaction of his students at his racy revelations. What does he observe about rebellion in this context?

10. At the end of chapter 45, Tom and Dick have a conversation about Mary and her baby. What is the one thing Dick confesses to Harry, and what are the two things Tom tells Dick?

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