View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Tom Crick mentions a similarity his father found between his home and the battlefields of World War I. What is that similarity?
(a) The men were silent and preferred to keep to themselves.
(b) The army served the same ale the Atkinsons brewed in Gildsey.
(c) The mud felt the same and eels swam in the pools.
(d) The pretty girls in the town were disdainful of him.

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

4. Lewis Scott, the headmaster at the school where Tom Crick teaches, thinks history should be considered part of what other field?
(a) Civics.
(b) General Studies.
(c) Liberal Arts.
(d) Geography.

5. What is NOT one of the names the Atkinsons give their special-occasion ales?
(a) The Empress of India.
(b) The Grand '51.
(c) The Golden Jubilee.
(d) The Crimean Victory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term Tom Crick keeps using to refer to Mary's attitude towards the world when she was an adolescent?

2. How did Tom's parents meet?

3. What is the motto of the New Brewery in Gildsey?

4. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?

5. How old is Sarah Atkinson when she dies?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 351 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample