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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator admire?

2. Why are the boys being timed?

3. What does Tom's landowning family rarely, if ever, do?

4. How is the narration different from chapters one through three?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

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

5. What key themes appear in this chapter?

6. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

7. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom is the protagonist.

Part 1) How is Tom's character at the beginning of the story?

Part 2) How does he change after his experiences with Flashman?

Part 3) Why and how does he change by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Tom believes that the stagecoach ride to Rugby School is the greatest day in his life.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) How does this foreshadow his experiences at Rugby School?

Part 3) Would he still consider this the greatest day of his life at the end of the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

There are several bullies in this novel.

Part 1) Who are the bullies?

Part 2) How do the other Rugby boys deal with them?

Part 3) What role do they play in developing the man that Tom becomes?

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