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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. Why do the boys get together in the common room?
(a) To watch television.
(b) To pray.
(c) To discuss the football match.
(d) To sing a series of traditional songs.

2. What does Old Brooke do at the end of the singing?
(a) He stands up and leaves.
(b) He stands up and gives a speech.
(c) He argues with East.
(d) He reprimands the younger boys.

3. What team gains control of the game?
(a) The Paris academy.
(b) The school from London.
(c) East's house.
(d) West's house.

4. Why does the entire town support Arthur's mother?
(a) Her husband is abusive.
(b) She is such a gracious and loving woman who is newly widowed.
(c) She is ill and unable to care for her family.
(d) She is beginning her own business.

5. According to East, what do the teachers want from students, regarding learning?
(a) They want them to memorize information that is unimportant.
(b) They want them to be lifelong learners.
(c) They want them to be engaged in what they are studying.
(d) They do not care how students learn, they just want the students to have learned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is timing the boys?

2. What does Arthur tell Tom about Martin?

3. Flashman spreads rumors that do what to the reputations of Tom and East?

4. How does Tom feel about helping Diggs?

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

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