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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?
(a) Phlegm.
(b) An obese matron.
(c) Quicksand.
(d) Pudding.

2. What are Mary and Tom waiting for the last time they lie together at the windmill?
(a) For Mary to have a miscarriage.
(b) For the first winter snow.
(c) For a voice from God telling them what to do.
(d) For Dick to find them and kill them.

3. 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 shouts for the police to arrest them.
(c) She pretends that the baby isn't hers.
(d) She ignores them and only has eyes for the baby.

4. What marks the end of Ernest Atkinson's political career?
(a) He runs as a candidate for the Liberal Party.
(b) He opposes the unionization of dock workers.
(c) He sneezes in parliament during a speech by King George V.
(d) He offends the mayor of Gildsey.

5. 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 let them do it!
(d) Don't become like I am!

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the student club that Price is part of?

2. Tom Crick mentions a similarity his father found between his home and the battlefields of World War I. What is that similarity?

3. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?

4. What about the scene at the Lode does NOT remind Tom of the later scene of Freddie Parr's death?

5. How does Tom react to finding the child Mary has stolen?

(see the answer key)

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