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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom not pay much attention to the first church service?
(a) He is too curious about the church and his fellow students.
(b) He is too busy talking to East.
(c) The sermon is really boring.
(d) He is absorbed at looking at al the beautiful architectural details on the church.

2. Old Brooke and other boys like him leave the school. How are they described?
(a) Calm, steady and responsible.
(b) Rude, mean and callous.
(c) Irresponsible, disrespectful and dishonorable.
(d) Scary, vengeful and disobedient.

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

4. What is the tone of the Squire's words to his son?
(a) It is cheerful and boisterous.
(b) It is quick and witty.
(c) It is careful and rational.
(d) It is sad and distressing.

5. Where is Tom headed?
(a) Riddell School.
(b) London.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Rugby School.

6. At one point, what does Flashman's bullying become?
(a) More relaxed.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) A farce.

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

8. When does Tom arrive at his destination?
(a) During teatime.
(b) In the winter.
(c) Suppertime.
(d) After breakfast.

9. Although the boys are frightened, what do they do to Flashman?
(a) They report him to the Doctor.
(b) Flashman is tied up and dangled near the fire.
(c) Flashman is quickly overwhelmed by the younger, faster, more agile boys.
(d) They taunt him.

10. What does Flashman do when he discovers Tom and East by the fire together?
(a) He physically abuses them.
(b) He apologizes.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He tries to give them orders.

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

12. Who wakes Tom at the roadside inn?
(a) A servant.
(b) His father.
(c) East.
(d) The coachman.

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

14. Who does the narrator admire?
(a) People who travel all over the world.
(b) The British citizens.
(c) The characters of boys.
(d) Those who take advantage of what they have at home.

15. What happens shortly after Tom's arrival to a private school?
(a) The boys are sent home as the result of an outbreak of flu.
(b) He becomes homesick and moves back home.
(c) He becomes friends with East.
(d) He is expelled for fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?

2. When Tom returns to regular school life after a couple of days of recovery, what does he discover?

3. Why is Tom staying at the roadside inn?

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

5. Through what city does Tom travel?

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