Waterland | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

1. What is the landscape the novel is set in?

The Fens in eastern England.

2. What is Henry Crick's occupation?

Lock keeper at the Atkinson Lock.

3. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?

Eel.

4. The headmaster of the school where Tom Crick teaches history thinks Tom should retire from his job. Why?

All of the above.

5. What is the name of the student Tom Crick butts heads with the most?

Price.

6. Tom Crick's wife, Mary, has been sent to a mental institution. Why?

She stole a baby from a stroller in a supermarket.

Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

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

The mud felt the same and eels swam in the pools.