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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the boys get together in the common room?
(a) To pray.
(b) To watch television.
(c) To discuss the football match.
(d) To sing a series of traditional songs.

2. What has happens to East during the game?
(a) He hurts his foot.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He leaves the game because of too many penalties.
(d) He runs into Old Brooke.

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

4. What does Tom ask East regarding Brooke?
(a) If Brooke is mean.
(b) If Brooke will let Tom play in the game.
(c) If Brooke is good at playing football.
(d) If Brooke is the team captain.

5. What does Old Brooke encourage all the boys to do?
(a) To bully the younger students.
(b) Work and play with integrity and courage and to endure bullying the same way.
(c) To bribe other students to do their work for them.
(d) Annoy the teachers and not study.

6. Who teaches Tom how to wrestle?
(a) The two farm hands.
(b) The sons of the village laborers.
(c) The boys attending the local private school.
(d) The Squire.

7. Who takes control of the school when Old Brooke and other older boys leave?
(a) Bullies like Flashman and his crowd of friends.
(b) More responsible boys, such as Flashman.
(c) Tom and his friends.
(d) The Doctor and the other teachers.

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

9. What friendship does Tom's father encourage?
(a) His friendships with the servants in the house.
(b) His friendship with the sons of the village laborers.
(c) His friendship with those in his own social class.
(d) His friendships with those of other cultures.

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

11. Upon what does Tom reflect?
(a) On his old school.
(b) How he's never had a more pleasant day.
(c) On his life before leaving for school.
(d) How much he misses his family.

12. Why is Tom so proud?
(a) He is wealthier than all the other boys at the school.
(b) He enjoys the inn.
(c) He loves his mother.
(d) He's acting just like a grownup.

13. What is a traditional, local village fair with booths of food for sale, games of chance, and contests of physical strength and courage?
(a) The festival.
(b) The celebration.
(c) The veast.
(d) The fete.

14. Who tells Tom stories about the wild misbehavior of the other Rugby boys he had met?
(a) The owner of the roadside inn.
(b) The coachman.
(c) The boys he meets at school.
(d) His father.

15. What does Old Brooke say to Tom?
(a) He will never be on the football team.
(b) He is shocked that Tom is better than everyone else on the team.
(c) He's sure Tom will be a good player.
(d) He is ashamed of Tom's behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what city does Tom travel?

2. When are Tom, East, and Diggs all embarrassed?

3. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?

4. How does Tom feel about the disappearance of such games and competitions from the culture?

5. What happens to Tom when East runs to get Diggs?

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