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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. Which part of London does the couple move to once they are married and Tom takes a job as a history teacher?
(a) Notting Hill.
(b) Greenwich.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) Knightsbridge.

2. What does the phrase "in loco parentis" mean?
(a) According to the logic of the parents.
(b) Placed in parentheses.
(c) In place of the parents.
(d) Because of parental insanity.

3. Whom does Tom Crick quote as saying, "we cannot step into the same river twice?"
(a) Cicero.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Dionysius the Areopagite.
(d) Heraclitus of Ephesus.

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

5. What mesmerized King Canute as he was rowed past Ely?
(a) The beauty of the girls washing laundry near the riverbank.
(b) The chanting of the monks at the Ely monastery.
(c) The singing of the swans in the fens.
(d) The sound of the sea breeze as it rushed through the reeds.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Tom dream that he considers telling the headmaster about?

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