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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. Why is there a shift?
(a) The author intends to give the reader a more immediate sense of Tom's experience.
(b) The author is trying to confuse the reader.
(c) The author is being creative.
(d) The author is trying to make the story more exciting.

2. How would young men busy with intellectual pursuits, politics and social reform be much better off?
(a) If they cultivated friendships.
(b) Marrying an intelligent woman.
(c) Not trusting others.
(d) Working in solitude.

3. Who does Tom's mother take in, train, and pass on to other jobs?
(a) Horses.
(b) Slave girls.
(c) Young men.
(d) Young women.

4. What does Tom think about this day?
(a) It is the greatest day he would ever have.
(b) It is uneventful.
(c) It is the saddest day he has ever had.
(d) It is an anxious day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of the Squire's words to his son?

2. Who cares for Tom?

3. How is Tom's mother known?

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

5. What narrative form is initially used in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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