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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important phrase does Tom shout to Price just before they part?
(a) All I told you was lies!
(b) Don't forget me!
(c) Don't become like I am!
(d) Don't let them do it!

2. What mesmerized King Canute as he was rowed past Ely?
(a) The sound of the sea breeze as it rushed through the reeds.
(b) The chanting of the monks at the Ely monastery.
(c) The beauty of the girls washing laundry near the riverbank.
(d) The singing of the swans in the fens.

3. What is the motto of the New Brewery in Gildsey?
(a) Quid Pro Quo.
(b) E Pluribus Unum.
(c) Sine Qua Non.
(d) Ex Aqua Fermentum.

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

5. What sparks Tom Crick's interest in the mating habits of eels?
(a) Mary asks him to look it up because she wants to use it as an example to teach Dick about sex.
(b) Mary tells Tom if he can find out the truth about how eels mate, she'll stop her love lessons with Dick.
(c) His memory of an eel in Mary's knickers and his need to take his mind off Mary being with Dick.
(d) His desire to show his own curiosity is as strong as Mary's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom Crick apologize to Price outside the pub?

2. The effects of Ernest's special ale caused all of the following EXCEPT:

3. Tom Crick compares history teachers to which fictional character?

4. What does Mary tell Tom about the unborn child at the windmill?

5. What causes the soldiers at the 1915 Royal Cambrideshire Militia parade to stumble out of formation?

(see the answer key)

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