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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. Who is staying with Tom at the roadside inn?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His brother.

2. Who is Benjy?
(a) Tom's uncle.
(b) Tom's cousin.
(c) One of the two elderly farm hands.
(d) One of the two young farm hands.

3. Who tells Tom stories about the wild misbehavior of the other Rugby boys he had met?
(a) The owner of the roadside inn.
(b) The boys he meets at school.
(c) His father.
(d) The coachman.

4. What is a traditional, local village fair with booths of food for sale, games of chance, and contests of physical strength and courage?
(a) The fete.
(b) The veast.
(c) The celebration.
(d) The festival.

5. What involves two men, each carrying a wooden cudgel or club, climbing into what might be described as a kind of boxing ring, and fighting to see who can make the other's scalp bleed first?
(a) Cudgel war.
(b) Ultimate fighting.
(c) Back-sword.
(d) Backgammon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the excellent qualities of the Brown family?

2. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?

3. Who are two people with whom Tom is friends?

4. How does Tom feel about the disappearance of such games and competitions from the culture?

5. What friendship does Tom's father encourage?

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