1. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
(a) They helped drain the marshes by buiding locks and canals.
(b) They represented the Gildsey district in parliament.
(c) They ran a famous brewery.
(d) They owned a major textile factory.

2. Lewis Scott, the headmaster at the school where Tom Crick teaches, thinks history should be considered part of what other field?
(a) Geography.
(b) Civics.
(c) General Studies.
(d) Liberal Arts.

3. On the day that Freddie Parr was found dead in the river, Mary confesses what to Tom?
(a) That she pushed Freddie into the river.
(b) That she is pregnant from Tom, but told Dick it was Freddie's child.
(c) That she saw Freddie attack Dick the night before by the river bridge.
(d) That she is about to run off to London to hide from her father.

4. Which one of the following is NOT one of the ghosts that is said to haunt the marches along the River Leem?
(a) The Singing Swans of Wash Fen Mere.
(b) The Headless Ferryman of Staithe.
(c) The Grim Hound of Gargoyle Hall.
(d) The Monk of Sudchurch.

5. What convinced Tom Crick that he should study and teach history?
(a) Hearing about the murder of six million Jews during the war.
(b) A conversation with a German POW who says history has ended in 1945.
(c) Seeing destroyed German cities after World War II.
(d) Receiving a history book as a secret gift from Mary when he leaves for the war.