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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 it mean to gain success, according to Tom?
(a) Approval from the Doctor.
(b) To be the best in school.
(c) To have a large amount of wealth.
(d) To win a game of cricket.

2. How is the fight conducted?
(a) With the formality of a professional boxing match.
(b) Quick and without a crowd.
(c) As a brawl in the dormatories.
(d) Very informally in the school yard.

3. What does Arthur tell Tom about Martin?
(a) He does not trust Martin.
(b) Martin is picking on him.
(c) Martin has no friends.
(d) He is interested in becoming friends with Martin.

4. What does Tom's final cricket match represent?
(a) Sadness and happiness.
(b) Both an ending and a beginning.
(c) Kindness and compassion.
(d) Both love and hate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom determined to avoid?

2. When does Tom decide he is acting foolish?

3. Arthur's mother had been born into high society. How does she feel about the quiet rural life she shared with her husband?

4. Of whom does Tom want to catch a glimpse?

5. How does Tom quickly gain the upper hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does this chapter begin?

3. How does Tom feel about mentoring Arthur?

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

5. What does Williams have against Arthur?

6. Two years have passed. How are Arthur, Martin, East, and Tom doing?

7. What does Tom think of Arthur's mother?

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

9. What rumor becomes reality?

10. How well does Tom do in the fight?

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