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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. 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. How is Tom's mother known?
(a) Madam Brown.
(b) Rachel Brown.
(c) Mrs. Brown.
(d) Miss Brown.

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

4. What involves two men, each carrying a wooden cudgel or club, climbing into what might be described as a kind of boxing ring, and fighting to see who can make the other's scalp bleed first?
(a) Back-sword.
(b) Cudgel war.
(c) Ultimate fighting.
(d) Backgammon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What friendship does Tom's father encourage?

2. At what does the narrator speak at length?

3. What is a traditional, local village fair with booths of food for sale, games of chance, and contests of physical strength and courage?

4. Why is Tom so proud?

5. Why is there a shift?

(see the answer key)

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