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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. Where are the students headed after roll call?
(a) The football pitch.
(b) Their dormatories.
(c) To a movie.
(d) A meeting.

2. What team gains control of the game?
(a) East's house.
(b) The school from London.
(c) West's house.
(d) The Paris academy.

3. 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 trying to make the story more exciting.
(d) The author is being creative.

4. What are the two students doing to the coach?
(a) Running alongside it.
(b) Throwing rocks at it.
(c) Trying to stop it.
(d) Teasing the horses pulling it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a traditional, local village fair with booths of food for sale, games of chance, and contests of physical strength and courage?

3. Why is East so confident in his knowledge and his worth, even though he has only been at Rugby for six months?

4. When does Tom arrive at his destination?

5. Who is timing the boys?

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