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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. Why are Tom and East sent up to see the Doctor to take their punishment?
(a) They are laughing during his sermon.
(b) They refuse to turn in their homework.
(c) They arrive late to school after a cross-country chase.
(d) They arrive late to their first class in the morning.

2. Who are two people with whom Tom is friends?
(a) Two young farm hands.
(b) Two elderly farm hands.
(c) Two thieves who hide out in town.
(d) Two wealthy boys from the next property over.

3. In what are his words grounded?
(a) Sadness and fear.
(b) Hope and love.
(c) Envy and jealously
(d) Genuine affection and concern.

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

5. What does East tell Tom?
(a) Do not run onto the soccer pitch.
(b) To leave Rugby.
(c) He has arrived on a good day.
(d) The school is boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the boys being timed?

2. How does the narrative voice shift?

3. Where are the students headed after roll call?

4. For what is Tom proud to pay?

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

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