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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. Why is East so confident in his knowledge and his worth, even though he has only been at Rugby for six months?
(a) He has been enrolled in public school before.
(b) He can see Tom is unsure of himself.
(c) By simply being at Rugby.
(d) He is older than most students in his grade.

2. What are the older boys drinking?
(a) Soda.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Mild beer.

3. What does Tom's landowning family rarely, if ever, do?
(a) Leave the county in which Tom is born.
(b) Leave London.
(c) Stay at home.
(d) Sell property to other families.

4. Who wakes Tom at the roadside inn?
(a) His father.
(b) A servant.
(c) East.
(d) The coachman.

5. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?
(a) How much he dislikes his father.
(b) How much he and his father disagree.
(c) The emotional and intellectual respect with which he regards his father.
(d) The very formal and distant relationship he and his father have.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Diggs realize about Flashman? Once he realizes this, he hauls him to his feet and shoves him out of the room.

3. Who teaches Tom how to wrestle?

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

5. What game is East's house going to play?

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