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

2. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?
(a) How much he and his father disagree.
(b) How much he dislikes his father.
(c) The very formal and distant relationship he and his father have.
(d) The emotional and intellectual respect with which he regards his father.

3. Why are Tom and East sent up to see the Doctor to take their punishment?
(a) They refuse to turn in their homework.
(b) They arrive late to school after a cross-country chase.
(c) They are laughing during his sermon.
(d) They arrive late to their first class in the morning.

4. How does Tom defend Arthur from the taunts of some of the older boys?
(a) He flings a shoe at an older boy who taunts Arthur.
(b) He does not defend him but joins in the taunting.
(c) He takes Arthur away from the boys.
(d) He encourages the boys to tease someone else.

5. What team gains control of the game?
(a) The Paris academy.
(b) The school from London.
(c) West's house.
(d) East's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Brooke encourage all the boys to do?

2. Who does the narrator admire?

3. Why is East so confident in his knowledge and his worth, even though he has only been at Rugby for six months?

4. This novel tells the story of a rambunctious young student. Where is he located?

5. What piece of news does the School Nurse give Tom?

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