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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friendship does Tom's father encourage?
(a) His friendships with those of other cultures.
(b) His friendship with those in his own social class.
(c) His friendships with the servants in the house.
(d) His friendship with the sons of the village laborers.

2. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?
(a) He meets with many successful remedies.
(b) It is successful.
(c) He meets only with a half-heartedly offered potion.
(d) He finds absolutely no possible remedy.

3. Why are the boys being timed?
(a) To see how quickly they run a mile.
(b) To see how quickly they can do the times tables.
(c) To see who can hold his breath the longest.
(d) To see you can swim the farthest.

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

5. How does Tom watch the combat?
(a) With excitement.
(b) With fear.
(c) With a sense of boredom.
(d) With anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom feel about the disappearance of such games and competitions from the culture?

2. When is Tom's father, the Squire, liberal?

3. In what are his words grounded?

4. Who teaches Tom how to wrestle?

5. Why is Tom so proud?

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