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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. What does Tom understand about his relationship with Arthur?
(a) All the good that has come into his life is due to his relationship with Arthur.
(b) It will last for the rest of their lives.
(c) It has grown deeper over the passing years.
(d) Arthur's success in school is all due to Tom.

2. From the perspective of the narrator, what is one long fight or series of fights?
(a) Parenthood.
(b) School.
(c) Life.
(d) Friendships.

3. What is Arthur's fondest wish?
(a) To become a doctor.
(b) To have his father back.
(c) To graduate.
(d) To have his mother and Tom in the same room.

4. What does Tom do after he receives the news of the Doctor's death?
(a) He contacts East, Martin, and Arthur.
(b) He tells his wife the news.
(c) He breaks off his holiday and travels hurriedly to Rugby.
(d) He is in denial and ignores the news.

5. What promise has Tom broken?
(a) To take care of Arthur.
(b) To be friends with all the boys.
(c) To his mother to say his prayers every night.
(d) To study.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Rugby playing an important cricket match?

2. How does Tom defend Arthur from the taunts of some of the older boys?

3. Why does the entire town support Arthur's mother?

4. What does East admit to Tom?

5. Who dies and is buried after a funeral service and sermon conducted by the Doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom immediately understand about his relationship with Arthur, after speaking with a teacher?

2. How does Tom get into a fight?

3. What does Tom's reaction during a debate over the Old Testament with East and Arthur show about his idea of compromise?

4. How does Arthur's body handle the trek to the kestrel's nest?

5. Why is Arthur worried about Tom's safety in the fight?

6. How does Tom feel about Arthur wanting to be friends with Martin?

7. Is the fight a typical school brawl? Explain.

8. In what debate does Tom take part? With whom is the debate?

9. How does East get himself into trouble, regarding the farmer?

10. How does Tom react when we realizes he has broken the promise he had made to his mother?

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