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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom Crick decide to study the history of the Fens?
(a) To avoid thinking about the history that is in the making as World War II rages.
(b) Because it is the only history that holds any fascination for him.
(c) Because the only scholarship to university he can get is for Fenland history.
(d) Because the only history books he can find during the Battle for Britain are local ones.

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

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

4. How does Tom react to Mary's statement that "everything has changed" with Freddie's death.
(a) He tears up lumps of grass and angrily throws them around.
(b) He says nothing and watches Mary run off into the night.
(c) He laughs uncontrollably.
(d) He slaps Mary and shouts,

5. What is the name of the supermarket that Mary stole the baby from?
(a) Morrisons.
(b) Sainsburys.
(c) Tesco.
(d) Safeways.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of chapter 44, Tom Crick decides that what people really want to know isn't truth. What they really want is...

2. What is the reason Mary gives Tom for trying to seduce Dick in chapter 32?

3. What is Martha Clay's pet?

4. Who dies of the flu?

5. What is the landscape the novel is set in?

(see the answer key)

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