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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the four boys climb a tree?
(a) To catch a kestrel.
(b) To get escape the farmer.
(c) To collect the eggs from the kestrel's nest.
(d) To get a better vantage point.

2. What involves two men, each carrying a wooden cudgel or club, climbing into what might be described as a kind of boxing ring, and fighting to see who can make the other's scalp bleed first?
(a) Back-sword.
(b) Backgammon.
(c) Ultimate fighting.
(d) Cudgel war.

3. How does the narrative voice shift?
(a) From first person past tense to first person present tense.
(b) From first person to third person.
(c) From third person to first person.
(d) From first person present tense to first person past tense.

4. Why does Tom rush into the game and attempt to defend the goal?
(a) He is bored and wants some excitement.
(b) The excitement becomes too much for him.
(c) He does not believe East's house is doing very well.
(d) He is a better goalie than the goalie on the team.

5. When Tom returns to regular school life after a couple of days of recovery, what does he discover?
(a) Flashman and his cronies fear him.
(b) The attitude of Flashman's cronies towards him has improved.
(c) East has joined Flashman's gang.
(d) Flashman is as mean as ever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is anyone who dares to taunt Tom quickly silenced?

2. What does Flashman frequently do to Diggs?

3. How does Flashman end up on the floor, bleeding?

4. What does Tom ask East regarding Brooke?

5. What is Tom's reaction to his father's speech?

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