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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?
(a) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."
(b) "Tease and torture a man who does not care about wealth and his standing in society."
(c) "Enjoy life and all its advantages."
(d) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."

2. What do Flashman and his cronies do to Tom?
(a) They blackmail him.
(b) They hold him to the fire.
(c) They steal his belongings.
(d) They burn his homework.

3. At one point, what does Flashman's bullying become?
(a) More relaxed.
(b) A farce.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Annoying.

4. How do Tom and East help Diggs?
(a) The save him from Flashman's beatings.
(b) They yells obscenities at Flashman.
(c) They use their saved pocket money to buy back some of Diggs' things and return them to him.
(d) They steal Diggs' personal belongings and auction them off to the other boys.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Brooke say to Tom?

2. Why does Tom more eagerly move into acceptance of his new role?

3. How would young men busy with intellectual pursuits, politics and social reform be much better off?

4. Tom starts his first full year in the company of East and several other young students who seem more interested in what than in concentrating on their lessons?

5. What involves two men, each carrying a wooden cudgel or club, climbing into what might be described as a kind of boxing ring, and fighting to see who can make the other's scalp bleed first?

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