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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39 | Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does his most outspoken student reject Tom Crick's attempt to teach the class history?
(a) He thinks Tom is lying to the class.
(b) He thinks history is imaginary and doesn't matter.
(c) He thinks Tom is senile.
(d) He hates school in general, and Tom is easy to pick on.

2. What did the inquest decide was the cause of Freddie Parr's death?
(a) Freddie had been robbed and drowned by thugs.
(b) Freddie was drunk, fell in the water, and could not swim.
(c) Freddie had been hit on the head with a bottle.
(d) Freddie had committed suicide.

3. What sparks Tom Crick's interest in the mating habits of eels?
(a) Mary asks him to look it up because she wants to use it as an example to teach Dick about sex.
(b) Mary tells Tom if he can find out the truth about how eels mate, she'll stop her love lessons with Dick.
(c) His desire to show his own curiosity is as strong as Mary's.
(d) His memory of an eel in Mary's knickers and his need to take his mind off Mary being with Dick.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Tom put the bottle that he found drifting in the water after Freddie Parr's death?

3. What does Dick do when he finds the bottle?

4. What is the agreement between Helen and Ernest Atkinson in exchange for Ernest allowing Helen to marry Harry Crick?

5. What is the name of the Cricks' doctor?

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