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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the stuffed pike come from?
(a) Dick caught it.
(b) Tom caught it and gave it to Dick for his birthday.
(c) It was a wedding present for Dick and Helen Crick.
(d) Dick never tells anyone.

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

4. When Tom and Mary take the baby back to the car, Tom is afraid that the silent baby is what?
(a) Dead with shock.
(b) Suffering interior injuries.
(c) Not real.
(d) In a coma.

5. What does Tom call the students?
(a) Children.
(b) Brothers and sisters.
(c) Punks.
(d) The future of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's the "old, old feeling" that Tom Crick tells Price everybody has always felt?

2. Where does Price accompany Tom before they part?

3. What is the image Tom uses to describe his idea of progress?

4. Tom Crick compares the end of a person's life to...

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

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