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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is timing the boys?
(a) The Squire.
(b) The boys' father.
(c) The coachman.
(d) Tom.

2. Why is Tom staying at the roadside inn?
(a) He is traveling to visit relatives.
(b) He is on his way to visit London.
(c) He is headed home from his first school.
(d) He waits for a coach.

3. Where are the students headed after roll call?
(a) Their dormatories.
(b) To a movie.
(c) A meeting.
(d) The football pitch.

4. What happens shortly after Tom's arrival to a private school?
(a) He is expelled for fighting.
(b) He becomes friends with East.
(c) He becomes homesick and moves back home.
(d) The boys are sent home as the result of an outbreak of flu.

5. What does Old Brooke encourage all the boys to do?
(a) To bribe other students to do their work for them.
(b) Annoy the teachers and not study.
(c) Work and play with integrity and courage and to endure bullying the same way.
(d) To bully the younger students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tom so proud?

2. What does Tom think about this day?

3. Who shows Tom around the school?

4. What friendship does Tom's father encourage?

5. What does East tell Tom?

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