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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies and is buried after a funeral service and sermon conducted by the Doctor?
(a) One of the first students to catch the fever.
(b) The Nurse.
(c) Tom.
(d) Arthur.

2. Why does Flashman leave the school?
(a) He curses at a teacher.
(b) He has beaten up too many students.
(c) He fails all of his classes.
(d) He is caught getting publicly drunk.

3. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?
(a) He meets only with a half-heartedly offered potion.
(b) It is successful.
(c) He finds absolutely no possible remedy.
(d) He meets with many successful remedies.

4. At one point, what does Flashman's bullying become?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) A farce.
(c) Annoying.
(d) More relaxed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom endure?

2. 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?

3. What happens when the teacher realizes he has forgotten his keys?

4. Who takes control of the school when Old Brooke and other older boys leave?

5. Why does the entire town support Arthur's mother?

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