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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. With whom does Tom get into a fight?
(a) An older boy named Williams.
(b) Martin.
(c) The Doctor.
(d) East.
2. How does Tom fight for the first couple of rounds?
(a) He hides in the corner.
(b) He dodges Williams' blows.
(c) He merely rushes into combat, swinging wildly.
(d) He runs around Williams.
3. What promise has Tom broken?
(a) To study.
(b) To his mother to say his prayers every night.
(c) To take care of Arthur.
(d) To be friends with all the boys.
4. What do the boys wonder about the move?
(a) How to do it.
(b) Whether or not it is legal.
(c) Where Tom learned the move.
(d) Whether or not it is safe.
5. Where has Martin gone?
(a) On a trip to Australia.
(b) To a school in London.
(c) He is on an expedition to the South Seas.
(d) Back home.
6. What does East do for Tom during the fight?
(a) He helps fight Williams.
(b) He encourages him to back down.
(c) He tells him to land the first punches.
(d) He acts as his trainer and gives him advice.
7. Why does Tom decide to send Arthur into the game?
(a) Several other players are injured, so Tom had no choice but to put in Arthur.
(b) He has been begging to be put in the game, and Tom has a hard time saying no to Arthur.
(c) Out of respect for Arthur's commitment to the game and for all Arthur has done for him.
(d) He is the best player on the team.
8. How does East tell Tom to avoid the worst of Williams' blows?
(a) To hit him first.
(b) Use speed and agility.
(c) To use power and might.
(d) To run away.
9. With whom is Rugby playing an important cricket match?
(a) A team from London.
(b) A team from Brussels.
(c) A team from Dublin.
(d) A team from Paris.
10. What has increased in Tom's life?
(a) The time he spends with East.
(b) The amount of time he spends with Arthur.
(c) The time he spends with Diggs.
(d) The amount of school work.
11. Where does Tom travel after he leaves Rugby School?
(a) London.
(b) Stockholm.
(c) To his parents' home.
(d) New York.
12. How does Tom quickly gain the upper hand?
(a) He sees the sense of East's suggestions.
(b) He ducks Williams' blows.
(c) He uses speed and agility.
(d) He ignores East's advice.
13. According to East, what do the teachers want from students, regarding learning?
(a) They want them to memorize information that is unimportant.
(b) They do not care how students learn, they just want the students to have learned.
(c) They want them to be lifelong learners.
(d) They want them to be engaged in what they are studying.
14. What does East still believe is not a bad thing?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Sleeping through classes.
(d) Using other people's work.
15. Tom and East return to Rugby, after a holiday, full of what?
(a) Fear and anxiety.
(b) Regret and despair.
(c) Excitement and plans for the new term.
(d) Anxiousness and stress.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Tom defend Arthur from the taunts of some of the older boys?
2. How is the fight conducted?
3. Arthur's mother had been born into high society. How does she feel about the quiet rural life she shared with her husband?
4. What does Tom discover that makes him so upset?
5. What does the narrator suggest all boys reading the book should learn?
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