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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Flashman spreads rumors that do what to the reputations of Tom and East?
(a) Instill fear in all the other boys.
(b) Improve them.
(c) Blacken their reputations even more.
(d) Make them heroes.

2. Who takes control of the school when Old Brooke and other older boys leave?
(a) More responsible boys, such as Flashman.
(b) The Doctor and the other teachers.
(c) Bullies like Flashman and his crowd of friends.
(d) Tom and his friends.

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

4. Why do Tom and East go into the village?
(a) They want to see the girls from the other public school.
(b) To buy some food for their tea.
(c) To buy hunting supplies.
(d) To buy their school books.

5. What does East warn Tom?
(a) School starts early in the morning.
(b) The curriculum at Rugby is very difficult.
(c) Flashman will want Tom as a friend.
(d) Flashman and some of the older boys will come looking for them to play the game of tossing them in a blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Brooke encourage all the boys to do?

2. At one point, what does Flashman's bullying become?

3. What is Tom's reaction to his father's speech?

4. How is Tom's mother known?

5. Who tells Tom stories about the wild misbehavior of the other Rugby boys he had met?

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