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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the relationship between Squire Brown and Tom?
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Awkward.
(c) A gruff intimacy.
(d) Distant.

2. What is Tom given?
(a) A cudgel.
(b) A ride on a stagecoach.
(c) A cure for a wart on his hand.
(d) A young foal.

3. What are the excellent qualities of the Brown family?
(a) Faith, hope, and charity.
(b) Kindness, love, and modesty.
(c) Wealth, prosperity, and strength.
(d) Strength, courage, and determination.

4. Who cares for Tom?
(a) His father.
(b) His cousin, Sara.
(c) A local girl named Charity.
(d) His mother.

5. 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 frustration at British people not knowing much about their home country.
(c) His happiness that Americans know so much about their history during the Colonial Period.
(d) His unhappiness in the abilities of public schools to train boys for adulthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?

2. Who is Benjy?

3. Where is Tom headed?

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

5. Who is staying with Tom at the roadside inn?

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