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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest all boys reading the book should learn?
(a) To break up fights.
(b) To be convincing.
(c) To box.
(d) To wrestle.

2. How is the narration different from chapters one through three?
(a) It is in first in chapter four, rather than third person.
(b) It is in third person in chapter four, rather than first person.
(c) It is in second person in chapter four, rather than third person.
(d) It is in first person present tense in chapter four, rather than first person past tense.

3. Why is Tom staying at the roadside inn?
(a) He is traveling to visit relatives.
(b) He is on his way to visit London.
(c) He is headed home from his first school.
(d) He waits for a coach.

4. How does East tell Tom to avoid the worst of Williams' blows?
(a) To run away.
(b) Use speed and agility.
(c) To use power and might.
(d) To hit him first.

5. Who wakes Tom at the roadside inn?
(a) East.
(b) A servant.
(c) The coachman.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes out to see what is going on?

2. When does Tom arrive at his destination?

3. What does Flashman frequently do to Diggs?

4. What does the narrator find to be a necessity and an aspect of human nature?

5. From the perspective of the narrator, what is one long fight or series of fights?

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