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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the motto of the New Brewery in Gildsey?
(a) E Pluribus Unum.
(b) Quid Pro Quo.
(c) Sine Qua Non.
(d) Ex Aqua Fermentum.

2. What is the term Tom Crick keeps using to refer to Mary's attitude towards the world when she was an adolescent?
(a) Passive.
(b) Eager.
(c) Curious.
(d) Aloof.

3. What was Freddie Parr's father, Jack Parr, infamous for in the Gildsey area?
(a) His ability to smuggle liquor out of an American military base nearby.
(b) His heckling of young women who worked in the fields.
(c) His tendency to get into fights with the local barman.
(d) His habit of stealing livestock off the river barges.

4. Which of the following does NOT draw Mary and Tom closer together?
(a) They both grew up without a mother.
(b) They both have odd older brothers.
(c) They both take the same train to school every day.
(d) They both escape to the ruined windmill together in the afternoons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The headmaster of the school where Tom Crick teaches history thinks Tom should retire from his job. Why?

2. On the day that Freddie Parr was found dead in the river, Mary confesses what to Tom?

3. What is Henry Crick's occupation?

4. What gives the Atkinsons the decisive advantage over the other brewers in the Gildsey area?

5. Who is the patron saint of Gildsey?

(see the answer key)

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