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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. 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.

2. What does Tom's final cricket match represent?
(a) Both love and hate.
(b) Sadness and happiness.
(c) Both an ending and a beginning.
(d) Kindness and compassion.

3. A few weeks before Arthur was to be sent to Rugby, what happens to his father and mother?
(a) They move to London.
(b) Both become ill with typhus.
(c) They are murdered in a robbery that went bad.
(d) They adopt another child.

4. What do Tom and East convince other boys their age to do?
(a) Steal from the school.
(b) Listen to Flahsman's orders.
(c) Break into the Doctor's office.
(d) Refuse to obey Flashman's orders.

5. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?
(a) "Tease and torture a man who does not care about wealth and his standing in society."
(b) "Enjoy life and all its advantages."
(c) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."
(d) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Tom and East help Diggs?

2. At what does the narrator speak at length?

3. Why does Arthur not play with other boys but spends time studying the Bible and discussing philosophy with his father?

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

5. What are the older boys drinking?

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