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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the meal in the common room and roll call?
(a) Silent.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Noisy.
(d) Boring.

2. What is Tom's reaction to his father's speech?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Near-tearful.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Annoyed.

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

4. Who shows Tom around the school?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Martin.
(c) East.
(d) The Doctor.

5. At what does the narrator speak at length?
(a) His unhappiness in the abilities of public schools to train boys for adulthood.
(b) His frustration at British people not knowing much about their home country.
(c) His happiness that Americans know so much about their history during the Colonial Period.
(d) His frustration in the difficulty in finding decent forms of travel in his part of the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does Tom reflect?

2. Why is East so confident in his knowledge and his worth, even though he has only been at Rugby for six months?

3. How is Tom's mother known?

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

5. How does the narrative voice shift?

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