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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. What do the boys wonder about the move?

2. When does Arthur experience a spiritual vision?

3. How does Tom fight for the first couple of rounds?

4. What does Tom do when he sits in the same seat he sat in when he first comes to the school?

5. Where is Tom when he receives news of the Doctor's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom feel about mentoring Arthur?

2. How does this chapter begin?

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

4. What do the boys watching begin to debate?

5. What does Williams have against Arthur?

6. What takes place between Young Brooke and the Doctor, after the boys have quickly dispersed?

7. What does Arthur do when he begins to fear for Tom's safety?

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

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

10. Why is the farmer on the look-out for boys from Rugby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

By the end of the story, Tom is fully aware of the importance of human relationships, which has been the novel's central theme.

Part 1) How does Tom grow throughout the story?

Part 2) Who aids Tom in his growth? How?

Part 3) Arthur disappears from the narrative completely after Chapter 8, while only East is mentioned. What does this say about adulthood, human relationships, and independence?

Essay Topic 3

Arthur is kind and Christ-like.

Part 1) How is he Christ-like?

Part 2) What role doe he play in this novel? Use details from the story to support your response.

Part 3) How does he influence Tom?

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