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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tom put the bottle that he found drifting in the water after Freddie Parr's death?
(a) He ties it to the tail pipe of Dick's motorbike.
(b) He accidentally leaves it on the kitchen table.
(c) Out by the road, where he hopes the police constable will see it.
(d) In Dick's room, where Dick would see it.

2. What tells Tom that he and Mary must finish their argument quickly because the park is about to close?
(a) The steady stream of dog owners towards the park gates.
(b) The sunset glistening on the duck pond.
(c) The gruff voice of the park warden asking others to leave.
(d) The park-keeper's bell.

3. What medical condition is Tom afraid that Mary might have?
(a) Alzheimer's disease.
(b) Bipolar disorder.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Schizophrenia.

4. What is it that Tom decides he must find at all cost?
(a) A full bottle of Coronation Ale.
(b) A key to his mother's chest in the attic.
(c) His grandfather's diary.
(d) A way to expose Dick as Freddie's murderer.

5. When Tom and Mary take the baby back to the car, Tom is afraid that the silent baby is what?
(a) Suffering interior injuries.
(b) Not real.
(c) Dead with shock.
(d) In a coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick do when he finds the bottle?

2. What is the agreement between Helen and Ernest Atkinson in exchange for Ernest allowing Helen to marry Harry Crick?

3. What is the mother's reaction to the Cricks when they return the baby?

4. What do Tom and Mary hope will happen as they drive back to the supermarket to return the child?

5. What is the River Tom Crick describes at great length to explain how the landscape of the novel's setting is formed?

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