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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the chest in the attic that Helen bestows upon Dick?
(a) Helen's crucifix.
(b) Helen's antique jewelry.
(c) The veil of Sarah Atkinson.
(d) Several bottles of Coronation Ale.

2. At the end of chapter 44, Tom Crick decides that what people really want to know isn't truth. What they really want is...
(a) An excuse to hate.
(b) Drama.
(c) To know that they're right.
(d) To laugh at someone.

3. What is the image Tom uses to describe his idea of progress?
(a) An eel
(b) Reclaiming land
(c) Dick on a motorcycle
(d) The guillotine

4. What does Tom compare the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to?
(a) Plucking a chicken.
(b) A circus attraction.
(c) Mary's abortion.
(d) A puppet show.

5. What is Martha Clay's pet?
(a) A talking raven.
(b) A ferret.
(c) An angry dog.
(d) A black cat.

6. Which two fictional characters does Tom compare himself and Mary to as they walk the Fenland tracks to Martha Clay's cottage?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
(c) Lancelot and Guinevere.
(d) Hereward and Torfrida.

7. What is NOT a negative personality trait associated with phlegm, although it plays a pivotal role in some of the novel's most important turning points?
(a) Anger.
(b) Dullness.
(c) Stupor.
(d) Fatalism.

8. What is the mother's reaction to the Cricks when they return the baby?
(a) She assaults Mary and tries to scratch her eyes out.
(b) She ignores them and only has eyes for the baby.
(c) She shouts for the police to arrest them.
(d) She pretends that the baby isn't hers.

9. What does the letter reveal to Tom and Dick about Dick?
(a) That Dick is entitled to Ernest's seat in the British parliament.
(b) That Ernest found Dick in the shrubs near a canal and Helen adopted him.
(c) That he is the child of incest between Ernest and his daughter Helen.
(d) That he is the heir to a vast fortune hidden in the Fens.

10. 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!

11. What happens to Dick Crick when he hears the church bells ring?
(a) He sees the ghost of Sarah Atkinson next to him.
(b) He hears his wife's voice in the sound of the bells.
(c) The sun shines on his face and he smiles.
(d) He takes Mary's hand and dies.

12. What is the way out everybody in Price's nightmare uses except for Price?
(a) Turning themselves into more black dogs.
(b) The classroom window.
(c) Suicide pills.
(d) Covering their ears.

13. What is NOT a function of phlegm that Tom mentions in chapter 51?
(a) Cleansing.
(b) Protecting.
(c) Lubricating.
(d) Insulating.

14. Tom dislikes the pike because...
(a) The pike smells awful.
(b) The pike reminds him of Dick.
(c) Pikes were swarming around Freddie Parr's body.
(d) Pikes are killers and scares him.

15. When Harry Crick hears that Mary told her father that Tom is the father of her aborted child, what does he tell Tom they should do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Never mention it again.
(c) Repent and confess to a priest.
(d) Stay away from each other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Dick's reaction to the revelation about his birth?

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

4. What is NOT one of the synonyms for phlegm used in chapter 52?

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

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