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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Price shout when Tom Crick stands up to give his farewell speech?
(a) Shut up! Get out!
(b) History is dead!
(c) All teachers are fascists!
(d) No cuts! Keep Crick!

2. How did Mary's father Harold Metcalf treat Tom's father Harry?
(a) Like an angry father treats his daughter's murderer.
(b) Like a priest treats an unrepentent sinner.
(c) Like a man treats his long-lost brother.
(d) Like a high and mighty squire treats a supplicant serf.

3. What is the catastrophe that hits Europe in January 1937?
(a) A flu epidemic.
(b) A series of catastrophic floods.
(c) A record cold winter.
(d) Word War II begins.

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

5. What temperament does phlegm tend towards, as reflected in the mood of the landscape the novel is set in and in the mood of many of its major characters?
(a) Melancholic.
(b) Inquisitive.
(c) Sanguine.
(d) Choleric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Cricks' doctor?

2. Where did the stuffed pike come from?

3. What is the phrase Tom uses about who should not have to prop up whom?

4. What is Mary doing at the windmill when Tom finds her?

5. How does Price feel about helping his drunk teacher Tom Crick once they are out on the street outside the pub?

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