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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. How does Tom quickly gain the upper hand?
(a) He ignores East's advice.
(b) He ducks Williams' blows.
(c) He uses speed and agility.
(d) He sees the sense of East's suggestions.

2. What move gets questioned by the boys watching?
(a) The wrestling throw Tom learned in Chapter 3.
(b) A choke hold.
(c) A wrestling pin.
(d) An upper cut to the jaw.

3. What do the other boys at the school do because they want to gain the favor of the Doctor?
(a) Attend church services.
(b) Behave in class.
(c) Bring him gifts.
(d) Get confirmed.

4. How does Tom feel about helping Diggs?
(a) He regrets helping Diggs.
(b) He feels obligated to help him.
(c) He wishes he did not have to help him.
(d) He is proud of himself for having done the right thing.

5. At what does the narrator speak at length?
(a) His happiness that Americans know so much about their history during the Colonial Period.
(b) His unhappiness in the abilities of public schools to train boys for adulthood.
(c) His frustration in the difficulty in finding decent forms of travel in his part of the country.
(d) His frustration at British people not knowing much about their home country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the four boys climb a tree?

2. When does Tom decide he is acting foolish?

3. How is Arthur, physically, at this point in the story?

4. What happens to Tom and East's reputations?

5. Of whom does Tom want to catch a glimpse?

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