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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What secret does Tom reveal to his students about Lewis Scott, the headmaster of the school?
(a) The headmaster is having an affair with his secretary, Miss Plum.
(b) The headmaster was once arrested for cross-dressing.
(c) The headmaster keeps whisky bottles in his filing cabinet.
(d) The headmaster cheated to receive his university degree.

3. The effects of Ernest's special ale caused all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) The premature setting off of the evening's fireworks.
(b) The mass desertion of the army troops stationed in the town to the taverns.
(c) The near-collision of two pleasure boats whose steersmen had drunk too much.
(d) Wild improvisations by the marching band.

4. How does Tom eventually arrange to marry Mary, even though her father Harold Metcalf hates him?
(a) Mary ignores her father and elopes with Tom.
(b) Tom's father Harry asks Harold for permission in the place of his son.
(c) Tom comes home a war hero, and Harold Metcalf is too embarrassed to say no.
(d) Tom breaks into the Metcalf home at night and runs off with Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical condition is Tom afraid that Mary might have?

2. What does Tom compare his father to as every day he sees him trudge back and forth along the canal?

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

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

5. Which one of the following is NOT one of the ghosts that is said to haunt the marches along the River Leem?

(see the answer key)

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