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

2. 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) Dick Crick.
(c) Freddie Parr.
(d) Harold Metcalf.

3. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
(a) They owned a major textile factory.
(b) They ran a famous brewery.
(c) They represented the Gildsey district in parliament.
(d) They helped drain the marshes by buiding locks and canals.

4. What was Freddie Parr's father, Jack Parr, infamous for in the Gildsey area?
(a) His tendency to get into fights with the local barman.
(b) His habit of stealing livestock off the river barges.
(c) His ability to smuggle liquor out of an American military base nearby.
(d) His heckling of young women who worked in the fields.

5. What convinced Tom Crick that he should study and teach history?
(a) Receiving a history book as a secret gift from Mary when he leaves for the war.
(b) Hearing about the murder of six million Jews during the war.
(c) Seeing destroyed German cities after World War II.
(d) A conversation with a German POW who says history has ended in 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?

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

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

4. On the day that Freddie Parr was found dead in the river, Mary confesses what to Tom?

5. What gives the Atkinsons the decisive advantage over the other brewers in the Gildsey area?

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