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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 sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Ideological.
(c) Theological.
(d) Physiological.

2. After Freddie's death, Mary reacts in a drastic way. What does she do?
(a) She runs away to London.
(b) She attempts to commit suicide by drowning herself.
(c) She strangles Tom's favorite kitten.
(d) She locks herself into her father's house for three years.

3. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?
(a) Drifting along the canal at the Atkinson Lock.
(b) Sprawled in shrubbery by the side of the Ouse River Road.
(c) Hung from the rafters in the Cricks' barn.
(d) Slumped over the table at Jack Parr's house.

4. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?
(a) An obese matron.
(b) Phlegm.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Quicksand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the question humans must always ask about history?

2. Who does Tom Crick think his wife Mary is having a love affair with in her old age?

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

4. What is the name of the student Tom Crick butts heads with the most?

5. What was Freddie Parr's father, Jack Parr, infamous for in the Gildsey area?

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