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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrative voice shift?
(a) From first person to third person.
(b) From third person to first person.
(c) From first person past tense to first person present tense.
(d) From first person present tense to first person past tense.

2. Why does Flashman leave the school?
(a) He curses at a teacher.
(b) He has beaten up too many students.
(c) He fails all of his classes.
(d) He is caught getting publicly drunk.

3. Arthur's mother had been born into high society. How does she feel about the quiet rural life she shared with her husband?
(a) She is unhappy.
(b) She misses the balls.
(c) She would like to live in the city.
(d) She is happy.

4. Why is there a shift?
(a) The author is being creative.
(b) The author is trying to make the story more exciting.
(c) The author is trying to confuse the reader.
(d) The author intends to give the reader a more immediate sense of Tom's experience.

5. Why does Arthur not play with other boys but spends time studying the Bible and discussing philosophy with his father?
(a) He does not have any friends.
(b) He is always sickly.
(c) He is in a wheelchair.
(d) He does not like sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the fight conducted?

2. What happens shortly after Tom's arrival to a private school?

3. Why does Tom get into a fight?

4. Where are the students headed after roll call?

5. How does East tell Tom to avoid the worst of Williams' blows?

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