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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom tells us that as a young teenager Mary liked to "experiment" with boys. Whom does he NOT suspect her of sleeping with?
(a) Tom Crick himself.
(b) Harold Metcalf.
(c) Freddie Parr.
(d) Dick Crick.

2. How did Tom's parents meet?
(a) His father delivered a crate of eels to the house where Tom's mother lived.
(b) His father heard her shouting one day because she'd sprained an ankle and rescued her.
(c) His father came home as a war hero and his mother was the prettiest girl at the parade.
(d) His father was recovering from World War I in a mental asylum where his mother was a nurse.

3. Which of the following does NOT draw Mary and Tom closer together?
(a) They both escape to the ruined windmill together in the afternoons.
(b) They both grew up without a mother.
(c) They both have odd older brothers.
(d) They both take the same train to school every day.

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 Monk of Sudchurch.
(c) The Grim Hound of Gargoyle Hall.
(d) The Headless Ferryman of Staithe.

5. What is the motto of the New Brewery in Gildsey?
(a) Ex Aqua Fermentum.
(b) Sine Qua Non.
(c) Quid Pro Quo.
(d) E Pluribus Unum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the historical event that Tom Crick keeps returning to over and over again as he explains that history seems to move in a circle?

2. What World War I battle was Tom's father injured in and saw his brother killed in earlier in the day?

3. What does Tom Crick's new-coined term "histrionics" refer to?

4. What does the phrase "in loco parentis" mean?

5. Who is the patron saint of Gildsey?

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