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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has increased in Tom's life?
(a) The amount of time he spends with Arthur.
(b) The amount of school work.
(c) The time he spends with East.
(d) The time he spends with Diggs.

2. What happens when the teacher realizes he has forgotten his keys?
(a) He and Tom sit on the front stoop.
(b) He calls a locksmith.
(c) He and Tom go back to school.
(d) He and Tom have to break in.

3. What does the Doctor tell Young Brooke?
(a) To make sure the fight does not resume.
(b) To send the boys to him.
(c) To punish the boys himself.
(d) To continue the fight tomorrow.

4. What does Tom do when he sits in the same seat he sat in when he first comes to the school?
(a) He is quickly overcome by both memories and a grieving gratitude for the Doctor's life.
(b) He talks to the Doctor.
(c) He sings a hymn.
(d) He says a prayer for the Doctor.

5. Where has Martin gone?
(a) Back home.
(b) He is on an expedition to the South Seas.
(c) On a trip to Australia.
(d) To a school in London.

6. With whom is Rugby playing an important cricket match?
(a) A team from Paris.
(b) A team from Brussels.
(c) A team from Dublin.
(d) A team from London.

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

8. Tom and East return to Rugby, after a holiday, full of what?
(a) Fear and anxiety.
(b) Excitement and plans for the new term.
(c) Regret and despair.
(d) Anxiousness and stress.

9. How do the two fighters treat one another, once Young Brooke steps in?
(a) No better than before.
(b) Worse than before.
(c) With respect.
(d) They detest one another.

10. What does East admit to Tom?
(a) He has never been confirmed.
(b) He has never been baptized.
(c) He is not a Christian.
(d) He had never been to church before attending Rugby.

11. How is Arthur, physically, at this point in the story?
(a) He becomes physically sturdier and more active.
(b) He is stronger than Tom.
(c) He is the same.
(d) He is weaker than when he first arrived.

12. What else does Tom and the teacher debate?
(a) Who should be the prime minister.
(b) Whether the changes in the running of the school made by the Doctor are positive or negative.
(c) Whether Rugby or the London team will win.
(d) Which pub has the best beer.

13. Why does Tom decide to send Arthur into the game?
(a) Out of respect for Arthur's commitment to the game and for all Arthur has done for him.
(b) Several other players are injured, so Tom had no choice but to put in Arthur.
(c) He is the best player on the team.
(d) He has been begging to be put in the game, and Tom has a hard time saying no to Arthur.

14. Why does East tell Tom to wear Williams out?
(a) So Williams will give in.
(b) So his own attacks have less effect.
(c) So his own attacks have more effect.
(d) So Williams will end the fight.

15. What happens to Arthur?
(a) He catches influenza.
(b) He saves Tom.
(c) He catches the fever and is quarantined.
(d) He leaves school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom discover that makes him so upset?

2. Where does Tom travel after he leaves Rugby School?

3. What else does the School Nurse tell Tom?

4. Why do the boys, including Tom and Williams, quickly disperse?

5. What does Arthur speak about at length?

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