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

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

3. What does Tom Crick's new-coined term "histrionics" refer to?
(a) The combined study of history and economics.
(b) Throwing an angry fit because what has happened is history and cannot be changed.
(c) Being hysterically enthusiastic about something.
(d) Changing history through technology.

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

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) Receiving a history book as a secret gift from Mary when he leaves for the war.
(d) Seeing destroyed German cities after World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom react to Mary's statement that "everything has changed" with Freddie's death.

2. Tom tells us that as a young teenager Mary liked to "experiment" with boys. Whom does he NOT suspect her of sleeping with?

3. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

4. What does Tom Crick find in the river that he thinks caused the bruise that killed Freddie Parr?

5. How does Tom eventually arrange to marry Mary, even though her father Harold Metcalf hates him?

(see the answer key)

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