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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ernest Atkinson convert his manor Kessling Hall into?
(a) An asylum for the mentally ill.
(b) A school for orphans.
(c) A hospital for the wounded of World War I.
(d) A museum in honor of Sarah Atkinson.

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

3. Where does Tom put the bottle that he found drifting in the water after Freddie Parr's death?
(a) He accidentally leaves it on the kitchen table.
(b) In Dick's room, where Dick would see it.
(c) Out by the road, where he hopes the police constable will see it.
(d) He ties it to the tail pipe of Dick's motorbike.

4. At the end of chapter 44, Tom Crick decides that what people really want to know isn't truth. What they really want is...
(a) To laugh at someone.
(b) Drama.
(c) To know that they're right.
(d) An excuse to hate.

5. What medical condition is Tom afraid that Mary might have?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Alzheimer's disease.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary tell Tom that she does not tell the judge?

2. What mesmerized King Canute as he was rowed past Ely?

3. What tells Tom that he and Mary must finish their argument quickly because the park is about to close?

4. What is the mother's reaction to the Cricks when they return the baby?

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

(see the answer key)

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