View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Old Brooke do at the end of the singing?
(a) He stands up and gives a speech.
(b) He argues with East.
(c) He reprimands the younger boys.
(d) He stands up and leaves.

2. When Tom returns to regular school life after a couple of days of recovery, what does he discover?
(a) East has joined Flashman's gang.
(b) Flashman is as mean as ever.
(c) The attitude of Flashman's cronies towards him has improved.
(d) Flashman and his cronies fear him.

3. Who shows Tom around the school?
(a) East.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Martin.

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

5. What are the older boys drinking?
(a) Water.
(b) Wine.
(c) Soda.
(d) Mild beer.

6. What does East warn Tom?
(a) The curriculum at Rugby is very difficult.
(b) Flashman will want Tom as a friend.
(c) School starts early in the morning.
(d) Flashman and some of the older boys will come looking for them to play the game of tossing them in a blanket.

7. 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) He has been enrolled in public school before.
(c) He is older than most students in his grade.
(d) By simply being at Rugby.

8. Flashman spreads rumors that do what to the reputations of Tom and East?
(a) Make them heroes.
(b) Instill fear in all the other boys.
(c) Blacken their reputations even more.
(d) Improve them.

9. How does Flashman end up on the floor, bleeding?
(a) East kicks him to the ground.
(b) He trips on his shoelace.
(c) Tom uses some of the wrestling moves he had learned.
(d) Tom uses boxing moves he had learned.

10. What happens to Benjy when he tries the potion?
(a) He become violently ill.
(b) He breaks out in hives.
(c) He becomes less and less able to move.
(d) He is healed.

11. 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) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."
(c) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."
(d) "Enjoy life and all its advantages."

12. When is Tom's father, the Squire, liberal?
(a) In his dealing out of money.
(b) When it comes to the boys he believes with whom Tom could or should make friends.
(c) When he is voting for politicians.
(d) When it comes to the women he dates.

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

14. Who cares for Tom?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His cousin, Sara.
(d) A local girl named Charity.

15. What does Tom think about this day?
(a) It is an anxious day.
(b) It is the greatest day he would ever have.
(c) It is the saddest day he has ever had.
(d) It is uneventful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two students doing to the coach?

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

3. Although the boys are frightened, what do they do to Flashman?

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

5. What friendship does Tom's father encourage?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 695 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample