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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. When Tom returns to regular school life after a couple of days of recovery, what does he discover?

2. Tom accompanies Benjy to the farm of an Old Man who reportedly knows what?

3. What are the excellent qualities of the Brown family?

4. Upon what does Tom reflect?

5. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Tom and East behave after Flashman leaves the school?

2. How does one know that Rugby School is not near Tom's home?

3. How does Tom take East's warning about Flashman?

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

5. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

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

7. What is Tom's overall feel of the day?

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

9. Describe the Squire's final words to his son.

10. How does Tom come to attend Rugby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The stolen duck is symbolic.

Part 1) What does the stolen duck say about East and Tom's characters?

Part 2) What do the boys do with the duck? What does this symbolize?

Part 3) How does this relate to the Christian ideals of the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

East and Tom help out Diggs by buying some of his personal belongings at one of Flashman's auctions.

Part 1) Why are Diggs' belongings being sold?

Part 2) Why do East and Tom do this for Diggs?

Part 3) How does this affect Diggs, Tom, and East?

Essay Topic 3

Tom fights with a larger, older boy named Williams.

Part 1) Why does he get into this fight?

Part 2) Describe the fight itself.

Part 3) How does the fight end? What is the outcome of the fight?

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