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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When are Tom, East, and Diggs all embarrassed?
(a) Flashman abuses them.
(b) They miss their classes.
(c) Flashman auctions off their belongings.
(d) Diggs expresses his gratitude.

2. How does Tom feel about helping Diggs?
(a) He feels obligated to help him.
(b) He regrets helping Diggs.
(c) He wishes he did not have to help him.
(d) He is proud of himself for having done the right thing.

3. What does Arthur speak about at length?
(a) His father.
(b) His love of Rugby School.
(c) His fear of, and resistance to, death.
(d) His joy of seeing his friends again.

4. At what does the narrator speak at length?
(a) His frustration in the difficulty in finding decent forms of travel in his part of the country.
(b) His happiness that Americans know so much about their history during the Colonial Period.
(c) His unhappiness in the abilities of public schools to train boys for adulthood.
(d) His frustration at British people not knowing much about their home country.

5. What does Tom endure?
(a) A difficult first day at Rugby.
(b) A boring conversation with Flashman.
(c) The blanket tossing without complaint, even though he feels frightened.
(d) An early morning role call.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the boys get together in the common room?

2. Why are Tom and East sent up to see the Doctor to take their punishment?

3. Of what does Young Brooke convince the Doctor?

4. Who is Benjy?

5. What gifts have Arthur and his mother left for Tom?

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