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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. What piece of news does the School Nurse give Tom?
(a) He has a severe fever.
(b) He will be living in different quarters.
(c) He has been assigned the large study he wants.
(d) He is expelled from Rugby.

2. What happens during an oral examination from the Doctor?
(a) A boy is punished for stealing from the Doctor.
(b) Tom is punished for answering all the questions incorrectly.
(c) Tom answers all the questions correctly.
(d) He physically disciplines a boy who had been just as careless in learning his lessons as Tom.

3. Tom accompanies Benjy to the farm of an Old Man who reportedly knows what?
(a) The medicinal powers of herbs.
(b) How to break a horse.
(c) How to drive a stagecoach.
(d) How to play cudgel war.

4. Who shows Tom around the school?
(a) The Doctor.
(b) Martin.
(c) East.
(d) Arthur.

5. Why is anyone who dares to taunt Tom quickly silenced?
(a) The Doctor does not tolerate taunting.
(b) East has a reputation for toughness.
(c) Arthur is very protective of Tom.
(d) He has a reputation for toughness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?

2. Who does Tom's mother take in, train, and pass on to other jobs?

3. How is the narration different from chapters one through three?

4. Who are two people with whom Tom is friends?

5. Later, on what do Tom, Martin, Arthur, and East set off?

(see the answer key)

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