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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 keeps whisky bottles in his filing cabinet.
(c) The headmaster cheated to receive his university degree.
(d) The headmaster was once arrested for cross-dressing.

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

3. Who hunted in Greenwich Park, where Tom and Mary sit in the evenings with their dog?
(a) Queen Anne.
(b) The Duke of Wellington.
(c) King Henry VIII.
(d) Sir Walter Raleigh.

4. While Harry Crick recovers from his ordeal, whom does Mary remind him of?
(a) Florence Nightingale.
(b) His wife, Helen Atkinson.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Sarah Atkinson.

5. What does Tom Crick mean by the term "Natural History"?
(a) The study of human nature through stories to see what human beings truly are like.
(b) The history of animals, plants, and other life forms.
(c) History as it would progress if humans didn't attempt to interfere in it constantly.
(d) The history of the world as seen through the lense of science.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom and Mary take the baby back to the car, Tom is afraid that the silent baby is what?

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

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

4. What does Mary stare at all day at the mental hospital?

5. What is Mary doing at the windmill when Tom finds her?

(see the answer key)

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