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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. How is the meal in the common room and roll call?
(a) Noisy.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Silent.
(d) Boring.

2. What does Diggs, who is studying nearby, tell Tom and East to do to Flashman?
(a) To taunt Flahman.
(b) To run away.
(c) To call for the Doctor.
(d) Tackle him together.

3. What do Flashman and his cronies do to Tom?
(a) They hold him to the fire.
(b) They blackmail him.
(c) They steal his belongings.
(d) They burn his homework.

4. What does East warn Tom?
(a) The curriculum at Rugby is very difficult.
(b) Flashman will want Tom as a friend.
(c) School starts early in the morning.
(d) Flashman and some of the older boys will come looking for them to play the game of tossing them in a blanket.

5. What narrative form is initially used in this chapter?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person present tense.
(c) First person past tense.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during an oral examination from the Doctor?

2. How does Tom feel about the disappearance of such games and competitions from the culture?

3. Why does Arthur not play with other boys but spends time studying the Bible and discussing philosophy with his father?

4. Why does Flashman leave the school?

5. Old Brooke and other boys like him leave the school. How are they described?

(see the answer key)

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