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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 about Mary strikes Tom when he returns from Germany at the end of World War II to marry her?
(a) How tough and independent she has become.
(b) How much of her old spark and curiosity she has lost.
(c) How much more beautiful she has become.
(d) How frail and vulnerable she seems.

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

3. What is the landscape the novel is set in?
(a) The Lake District in northern England.
(b) The coastline of Cornwall.
(c) The docks of East London.
(d) The Fens in eastern England.

4. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?
(a) Humans tell each other stories.
(b) Humans can plan for the future.
(c) Humans have the ability to forgive each other.
(d) Animals don't kill each other out of jealousy.

5. Tom Crick's wife, Mary, has been sent to a mental institution. Why?
(a) Tom Crick hit her over the head and she lost her mind.
(b) She has developed Alzheimer's disease.
(c) She began to scream at odd times of the night.
(d) She stole a baby from a stroller in a supermarket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the names the Atkinsons give their special-occasion ales?

2. Who is the patron saint of Gildsey?

3. What did the inquest decide was the cause of Freddie Parr's death?

4. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?

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

(see the answer key)

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