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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33 | Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "explaining's a way of avoiding the facts while you pretend to get near to them?"
(a) Lewis Scott.
(b) Mary Crick.
(c) Price.
(d) Tom Crick.

2. Tom confronts Price about his frequent interruptions during class. What question does Price's reluctance about history boil down to?
(a) Is history not just a collection of stories that keeps the powerful in power?
(b) Does knowing history help change anything?
(c) How can anyone know what really happened?
(d) How many more history lessons will he have to sit through?

3. What does Ernest Atkinson do with the three remaining steam ships he owns?
(a) He donates them to the army to aid in the war effort.
(b) He names them after his daughter, Helen I, Helen II, and Helen III.
(c) He sells them to the city of Gildsey for the use of the fire brigade.
(d) He converts them into pleasure cruise ships.

4. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?
(a) Humans tell each other stories.
(b) Humans can plan for the future.
(c) Humans have the ability to forgive each other.
(d) Animals don't kill each other out of jealousy.

5. What is the worst thing Tom Crick can imagine?
(a) Mary stops loving him.
(b) Humans forget their own history.
(c) Nuclear weapons destroy the earth.
(d) Humans stop being curious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks the end of Ernest Atkinson's political career?

2. Tom tells us that as a young teenager Mary liked to "experiment" with boys. Whom does he NOT suspect her of sleeping with?

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

4. What sparks Tom Crick's interest in the mating habits of eels?

5. What is the question Price asks Tom during their evening spent together that shakes Tom most deeply?

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