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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 is Benjy?
(a) Tom's cousin.
(b) Tom's uncle.
(c) One of the two elderly farm hands.
(d) One of the two young farm hands.

2. What do East and other boys think about Tom's relationship with Arthur?
(a) Tom should spend more time with Arthur.
(b) It is a strange relationship.
(c) Tom should let Arthur find his own way.
(d) It is a healthy relationship.

3. Why does Arthur tell the School Nurse about the fight?
(a) Tom is hurting Williams.
(b) He becomes fearful for Williams' safety.
(c) Tom is injured.
(d) He becomes fearful for Tom's safety.

4. What is the novel's central theme?
(a) Fighting is an innate part of humanity.
(b) One learns important lessons when away at school.
(c) As an adult, one must be independent.
(d) The importance of human relationships.

5. What does Tom's landowning family rarely, if ever, do?
(a) Leave the county in which Tom is born.
(b) Sell property to other families.
(c) Stay at home.
(d) Leave London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arthur speak about at length?

2. Arthur's mother had been born into high society. How does she feel about the quiet rural life she shared with her husband?

3. What does Old Brooke do at the end of the singing?

4. What are the excellent qualities of the Brown family?

5. How is the meal in the common room and roll call?

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