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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 relationship between Squire Brown and Tom?
(a) A gruff intimacy.
(b) Unhealthy.
(c) Distant.
(d) Awkward.

2. How would young men busy with intellectual pursuits, politics and social reform be much better off?
(a) Marrying an intelligent woman.
(b) Working in solitude.
(c) If they cultivated friendships.
(d) Not trusting others.

3. When is Tom's father, the Squire, liberal?
(a) When it comes to the boys he believes with whom Tom could or should make friends.
(b) In his dealing out of money.
(c) When he is voting for politicians.
(d) When it comes to the women he dates.

4. Who is Benjy?
(a) One of the two young farm hands.
(b) Tom's uncle.
(c) One of the two elderly farm hands.
(d) Tom's cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a shift?

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

3. Through what city does Tom travel?

4. Where are the students headed after roll call?

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

(see the answer key)

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