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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom defend Arthur from the taunts of some of the older boys?
(a) He flings a shoe at an older boy who taunts Arthur.
(b) He encourages the boys to tease someone else.
(c) He does not defend him but joins in the taunting.
(d) He takes Arthur away from the boys.

2. What surprises and startles Tom?
(a) Arthur's fever.
(b) The Doctor's orders.
(c) Arthur's appearance.
(d) East's cough.

3. What does Tom ask East regarding Brooke?
(a) If Brooke will let Tom play in the game.
(b) If Brooke is the team captain.
(c) If Brooke is mean.
(d) If Brooke is good at playing football.

4. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?
(a) "Enjoy life and all its advantages."
(b) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."
(c) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."
(d) "Tease and torture a man who does not care about wealth and his standing in society."

5. Why does the entire town support Arthur's mother?
(a) She is such a gracious and loving woman who is newly widowed.
(b) Her husband is abusive.
(c) She is ill and unable to care for her family.
(d) She is beginning her own business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Tom stories about the wild misbehavior of the other Rugby boys he had met?

2. Where is Tom when he receives news of the Doctor's death?

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

4. For what does the narrator ask the reader to pardon Tom?

5. What is Tom determined to avoid?

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