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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. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?
(a) Hung from the rafters in the Cricks' barn.
(b) Sprawled in shrubbery by the side of the Ouse River Road.
(c) Slumped over the table at Jack Parr's house.
(d) Drifting along the canal at the Atkinson Lock.

2. What marks the end of Ernest Atkinson's political career?
(a) He opposes the unionization of dock workers.
(b) He sneezes in parliament during a speech by King George V.
(c) He runs as a candidate for the Liberal Party.
(d) He offends the mayor of Gildsey.

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

4. What does Ernest Atkinson's maid Jane Shaw think she saw in the old Atkinson townhouse as the brewery was burning?
(a) Helen Atkinson laughing as she watches the brewery collapse from her window.
(b) A black cat with its tail on fire.
(c) The ghost of Sarah Atkinson, shouting.
(d) Ernest Atkinson packing cans of leftover lighting fluid into a satchel.

5. What is the River Tom Crick describes at great length to explain how the landscape of the novel's setting is formed?
(a) The Tyne.
(b) The Ouse.
(c) The Cam.
(d) The Thames.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Tom reveal to his students about Lewis Scott, the headmaster of the school?

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

3. How old is Sarah Atkinson when she dies?

4. What medical condition is Tom afraid that Mary might have?

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

(see the answer key)

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