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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads to Tom panicking and starting for the door to fetch the nurse?
(a) Flashman has attacked East.
(b) Flashman has jumped out the window.
(c) Flashman pretends to be unconscious.
(d) Flashman is trying to commit suicide.

2. How do both Tom and East feel?
(a) Bored.
(b) They are both stiff and in pain after both the game and the tossing.
(c) Excited and full of energy.
(d) Tired.

3. 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.

4. What game is East's house going to play?
(a) A game polo.
(b) A game of tennis.
(c) A game of football.
(d) A game of cricket.

5. Why do the boys, including Tom and Williams, quickly disperse?
(a) The School Nurse has arrived.
(b) So as not to get caught by the Doctor.
(c) The fight has ended.
(d) The police have been called.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom's mother take in, train, and pass on to other jobs?

2. What rumor is spreading?

3. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?

4. How does East tell Tom to avoid the worst of Williams' blows?

5. 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?

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