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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ernest Atkinson do with the three remaining steam ships he owns?
(a) He names them after his daughter, Helen I, Helen II, and Helen III.
(b) He sells them to the city of Gildsey for the use of the fire brigade.
(c) He converts them into pleasure cruise ships.
(d) He donates them to the army to aid in the war effort.

2. Who says, "explaining's a way of avoiding the facts while you pretend to get near to them?"
(a) Lewis Scott.
(b) Mary Crick.
(c) Tom Crick.
(d) Price.

3. Henry Crick, Tom's father, is obsessed with one question about Freddie's death that he repeats over and over again. What is it?
(a) Who killed Freddie?
(b) Could he have saved Freddie?
(c) Why did Freddie have to die?
(d) How did Freddie die?

4. What does the phrase "in loco parentis" mean?
(a) According to the logic of the parents.
(b) In place of the parents.
(c) Because of parental insanity.
(d) Placed in parentheses.

5. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?
(a) An obese matron.
(b) Phlegm.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Quicksand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main fish that the Cricks and their neighbors catch for food?

2. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the difference between animals and humans?

3. What is the name of the ale Ernest Atkinson brews that seems to cause the end of any respect for him in Gildsey because it is too good?

4. What does Tom compare the sound of Dick's motorcycle to the evening Mary has broken up with Tom?

5. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?

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