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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 do the boys get together in the common room?
(a) To pray.
(b) To sing a series of traditional songs.
(c) To watch television.
(d) To discuss the football match.

2. What does Old Brooke say to Tom?
(a) He's sure Tom will be a good player.
(b) He will never be on the football team.
(c) He is ashamed of Tom's behavior.
(d) He is shocked that Tom is better than everyone else on the team.

3. A few weeks before Arthur was to be sent to Rugby, what happens to his father and mother?
(a) Both become ill with typhus.
(b) They are murdered in a robbery that went bad.
(c) They adopt another child.
(d) They move to London.

4. How does the narrative voice shift?
(a) From first person past tense to first person present tense.
(b) From first person present tense to first person past tense.
(c) From first person to third person.
(d) From third person to first person.

5. For what is Tom proud to pay?
(a) A gift for his mother.
(b) His breakfast.
(c) His stay at the inn.
(d) His school uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Doctor's sermon encourage?

2. Who has not gone down to watch the fight?

3. What does the narrator suggest all boys reading the book should learn?

4. How does Tom quickly gain the upper hand?

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

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