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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Henry Crick's occupation?
(a) Barge captain on the River Ouse.
(b) History teacher.
(c) Brewmaster at the Atkinson Brewery.
(d) Lock keeper at the Atkinson Lock.

2. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?
(a) Trout.
(b) Eel.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Carp.

3. How old is Sarah Atkinson when she dies?
(a) 99 years.
(b) 37 years.
(c) 68 years.
(d) 92 years.

4. 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) Dick Crick.
(d) Freddie Parr.

5. Tom Crick mentions a similarity his father found between his home and the battlefields of World War I. What is that similarity?
(a) The mud felt the same and eels swam in the pools.
(b) The men were silent and preferred to keep to themselves.
(c) The pretty girls in the town were disdainful of him.
(d) The army served the same ale the Atkinsons brewed in Gildsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Freddie's death, Mary reacts in a drastic way. What does she do?

2. How does Freddie Parr's father Jack react to the ruling by the court that Freddie's death was an accident?

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

4. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?

5. Which part of London does the couple move to once they are married and Tom takes a job as a history teacher?

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