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

2. What does Flashman do when he discovers Tom and East by the fire together?
(a) He apologizes.
(b) He physically abuses them.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He tries to give them orders.

3. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?
(a) "Tease and torture a man who does not care about wealth and his standing in society."
(b) "Enjoy life and all its advantages."
(c) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."
(d) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."

4. When Tom returns to regular school life after a couple of days of recovery, what does he discover?
(a) Flashman is as mean as ever.
(b) Flashman and his cronies fear him.
(c) East has joined Flashman's gang.
(d) The attitude of Flashman's cronies towards him has improved.

5. What happens to Tom and East's reputations?
(a) The other boys do not take the rumors seriously, so the reputations do not last.
(b) Their blackened reputations linger long after Flashman leaves.
(c) Tom and East ignore them.
(d) Their heroic reputations last for the rest of the school year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tom's mother known?

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

3. What is the tone of the Squire's words to his son?

4. What causes a teacher and several others to change their view of Tom from respect to wariness?

5. How is the narration different from chapters one through three?

(see the answer key)

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