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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. Who tells Tom stories about the wild misbehavior of the other Rugby boys he had met?
(a) His father.
(b) The owner of the roadside inn.
(c) The coachman.
(d) The boys he meets at school.

2. What happens to Benjy when he tries the potion?
(a) He becomes less and less able to move.
(b) He become violently ill.
(c) He breaks out in hives.
(d) He is healed.

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

4. Who is timing the boys?
(a) The Squire.
(b) The coachman.
(c) Tom.
(d) The boys' father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrative voice shift?

2. Why is there a shift?

3. Who cares for Tom?

4. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?

5. Why are the boys being timed?

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