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

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

3. When does Tom arrive at his destination?
(a) Suppertime.
(b) After breakfast.
(c) During teatime.
(d) In the winter.

4. Why is Arthur in Tom's office weeping as he reads his Bible?
(a) He is remembering his father, who has recently died.
(b) He has found out that Tom has been spreading rumors about him.
(c) He misses Tom.
(d) He is reading a sad passage in the Bible.

5. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?
(a) How much he dislikes his father.
(b) The emotional and intellectual respect with which he regards his father.
(c) The very formal and distant relationship he and his father have.
(d) How much he and his father disagree.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom feel about helping Diggs?

2. What is Tom's reaction to his father's speech?

3. At what does the narrator speak at length?

4. Who cares for Tom?

5. What else does the School Nurse tell Tom?

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