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

2. Who teaches Tom how to wrestle?
(a) The boys attending the local private school.
(b) The sons of the village laborers.
(c) The two farm hands.
(d) The Squire.

3. What does East tell Tom?
(a) Do not run onto the soccer pitch.
(b) He has arrived on a good day.
(c) The school is boring.
(d) To leave Rugby.

4. When Tom returns to regular school life after a couple of days of recovery, what does he discover?
(a) Flashman is as mean as ever.
(b) Flashman and his cronies fear him.
(c) The attitude of Flashman's cronies towards him has improved.
(d) East has joined Flashman's gang.

5. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?
(a) It is successful.
(b) He meets only with a half-heartedly offered potion.
(c) He finds absolutely no possible remedy.
(d) He meets with many successful remedies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is timing the boys?

2. What does Diggs, who is studying nearby, tell Tom and East to do to Flashman?

3. What are the older boys drinking?

4. What happens to Benjy when he tries the potion?

5. Tom starts his first full year in the company of East and several other young students who seem more interested in what than in concentrating on their lessons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does Tom learn from a boy at the local private school?

2. How does the narrator believe young men may better themselves?

3. What happens later in the evening?

4. What types of friends does the Squire believe Tom should have?

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

6. How are the two church services for Tom?

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

8. What key themes appear in this chapter?

9. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

10. How do Tom and East behave after Flashman leaves the school?

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