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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the question humans must always ask about history?
(a) Why?
(b) When?
(c) How?
(d) Who?

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

3. Which of the boys' bodies does Mary appear to be most interested in?
(a) Dick Crick.
(b) Terry Coe.
(c) Freddie Parr.
(d) Tom Crick.

4. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?
(a) Humans tell each other stories.
(b) Humans have the ability to forgive each other.
(c) Humans can plan for the future.
(d) Animals don't kill each other out of jealousy.

5. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?
(a) Theological.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Ideological.
(d) Physiological.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ernest Atkinson's reaction to the fire?

2. What is in the chest in the attic that Helen bestows upon Dick?

3. What does the phrase "in loco parentis" mean?

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

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

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