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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Mary tell Dick that she is pregnant with Freddie Parr's child?
(a) She wants to end her love lessons with Dick.
(b) She tells Dick it isn't his child, sees his anger, and wants to protect Tom.
(c) She wants Dick to make Freddie leave her alone.
(d) She's being silly, but Dick doesn't understand that she is joking.

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

5. Tom Crick compares the end of a person's life to...
(a) A jungle of tangled memories.
(b) A second childhood.
(c) A creeping darkness.
(d) Drowning in a sea of regrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Martha locks herself in with Mary, she asks Tom to do what outside?

2. Where does Tom Crick take Price to talk about Tom's forced retirement?

3. Which two fictional characters does Tom compare himself and Mary to as they walk the Fenland tracks to Martha Clay's cottage?

4. 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.

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

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