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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 happens shortly after Tom's arrival to a private school?
(a) He becomes homesick and moves back home.
(b) He is expelled for fighting.
(c) He becomes friends with East.
(d) The boys are sent home as the result of an outbreak of flu.

2. What is the tone of the Squire's words to his son?
(a) It is sad and distressing.
(b) It is quick and witty.
(c) It is cheerful and boisterous.
(d) It is careful and rational.

3. Why is Tom so proud?
(a) He is wealthier than all the other boys at the school.
(b) He enjoys the inn.
(c) He's acting just like a grownup.
(d) He loves his mother.

4. In what are his words grounded?
(a) Genuine affection and concern.
(b) Envy and jealously
(c) Sadness and fear.
(d) Hope and love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what does the narrator speak at length?

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

3. What narrative form is initially used in this chapter?

4. Who does the narrator admire?

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

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