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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 has increased in Tom's life?
(a) The time he spends with East.
(b) The amount of time he spends with Arthur.
(c) The time he spends with Diggs.
(d) The amount of school work.

2. Where does Tom travel after he leaves Rugby School?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) To his parents' home.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

3. What does the Doctor tell Young Brooke?
(a) To continue the fight tomorrow.
(b) To send the boys to him.
(c) To make sure the fight does not resume.
(d) To punish the boys himself.

4. How does Tom fight for the first couple of rounds?
(a) He dodges Williams' blows.
(b) He hides in the corner.
(c) He merely rushes into combat, swinging wildly.
(d) He runs around Williams.

5. What does Tom do when he sits in the same seat he sat in when he first comes to the school?
(a) He talks to the Doctor.
(b) He is quickly overcome by both memories and a grieving gratitude for the Doctor's life.
(c) He says a prayer for the Doctor.
(d) He sings a hymn.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the schoolboys and the spectators prepare for a post match party, where does Tom go?

2. Why does Tom decide to send Arthur into the game?

3. Why does Arthur not play with other boys but spends time studying the Bible and discussing philosophy with his father?

4. What piece of news does the School Nurse give Tom?

5. What does Tom's final cricket match represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does East not get confirmed?

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

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

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

5. What do the boys watching begin to debate?

6. What does Williams have against Arthur?

7. What rumor becomes reality?

8. What does East confess?

9. Why is Arthur crying in Tom's study?

10. How does this chapter begin?

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