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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the entire town support Arthur's mother?
(a) She is ill and unable to care for her family.
(b) She is such a gracious and loving woman who is newly widowed.
(c) Her husband is abusive.
(d) She is beginning her own business.

2. Why is Tom staying at the roadside inn?
(a) He is headed home from his first school.
(b) He is traveling to visit relatives.
(c) He is on his way to visit London.
(d) He waits for a coach.

3. What involves two men, each carrying a wooden cudgel or club, climbing into what might be described as a kind of boxing ring, and fighting to see who can make the other's scalp bleed first?
(a) Ultimate fighting.
(b) Back-sword.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Cudgel war.

4. Why does Tom buy sausages to share with the other boys in their house?
(a) He loves sausages.
(b) He wants them to like him.
(c) He brags about how much money he has.
(d) He has more money than East.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom more eagerly move into acceptance of his new role?

2. Why is there a shift?

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

4. What narrative form is initially used in this chapter?

5. Upon what does Tom reflect?

(see the answer key)

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