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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is East so confident in his knowledge and his worth, even though he has only been at Rugby for six months?
(a) He has been enrolled in public school before.
(b) He is older than most students in his grade.
(c) By simply being at Rugby.
(d) He can see Tom is unsure of himself.

2. What is Tom's reaction to his father's speech?
(a) Near-tearful.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Irritated.

3. What does the Squire give his son before he leaves?
(a) A ring.
(b) Final words of wisdom.
(c) A wad of money.
(d) A small gift.

4. How do Tom and East help Diggs?
(a) The save him from Flashman's beatings.
(b) They yells obscenities at Flashman.
(c) They steal Diggs' personal belongings and auction them off to the other boys.
(d) They use their saved pocket money to buy back some of Diggs' things and return them to him.

5. What does East warn Tom?
(a) Flashman and some of the older boys will come looking for them to play the game of tossing them in a blanket.
(b) Flashman will want Tom as a friend.
(c) School starts early in the morning.
(d) The curriculum at Rugby is very difficult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What team gains control of the game?

2. How does the narrative voice shift?

3. What does the Doctor's sermon encourage?

4. What is Tom given?

5. Why is Tom so proud?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two incidents teach Tom the foolishness of this poor attitude?

2. How is Tom's life at Rugby School?

3. What trouble does Tom get into? How is he punished?

4. How does Tom's first full year begin?

5. How do Tom and East rebel against Flashman's treatment of them?

6. Why does Tom's respect for the Doctor increase?

7. How does Tom react to his father's words?

8. Describe the Squire's final words to his son.

9. What happens later in the trip?

10. How does Tom take East's warning about Flashman?

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