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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This novel tells the story of a rambunctious young student. Where is he located?
(a) An Australian prep school in the early 1900s.
(b) A traditional English all-boys school in the mid-1800s.
(c) A public school in the Bronx in the mi-1970s.
(d) An American all-boys school in the early 1800s.

2. Where are the students headed after roll call?
(a) A meeting.
(b) To a movie.
(c) Their dormatories.
(d) The football pitch.

3. How do both Tom and East feel?
(a) Bored.
(b) Excited and full of energy.
(c) They are both stiff and in pain after both the game and the tossing.
(d) Tired.

4. When is Tom's father, the Squire, liberal?
(a) When it comes to the women he dates.
(b) In his dealing out of money.
(c) When it comes to the boys he believes with whom Tom could or should make friends.
(d) When he is voting for politicians.

5. What is a traditional, local village fair with booths of food for sale, games of chance, and contests of physical strength and courage?
(a) The celebration.
(b) The fete.
(c) The festival.
(d) The veast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do Tom and East go into the village?

3. What does Tom's landowning family rarely, if ever, do?

4. What is the tone of the Squire's words to his son?

5. What game is East's house going to play?

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