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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies and is buried after a funeral service and sermon conducted by the Doctor?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Tom.
(c) The Nurse.
(d) One of the first students to catch the fever.

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

3. What does the narrator suggest all boys reading the book should learn?
(a) To break up fights.
(b) To box.
(c) To be convincing.
(d) To wrestle.

4. Where does Tom travel after he leaves Rugby School?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) London.
(c) To his parents' home.
(d) New York.

5. Who says that as long as it is done properly it is perfectly legal?
(a) East.
(b) The Doctor.
(c) Young Brooke.
(d) Martin.

6. What do East and other boys think about Tom's relationship with Arthur?
(a) It is a strange relationship.
(b) Tom should spend more time with Arthur.
(c) It is a healthy relationship.
(d) Tom should let Arthur find his own way.

7. How does Tom fight for the first couple of rounds?
(a) He merely rushes into combat, swinging wildly.
(b) He runs around Williams.
(c) He dodges Williams' blows.
(d) He hides in the corner.

8. What does Tom debate with one of the teachers?
(a) Whether or not Tom cheated on a test.
(b) Whether Tom's studies in Greek are more or less useful in life than his increasing skills at cricket.
(c) Whether or not Tom should take a cricket scholarship to Oxford.
(d) Whether Tom should leave Rugby or become a teacher.

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

10. What does Young Brooke have Tom and Williams do?
(a) Shake hands.
(b) Finish the fight.
(c) Wear dunce caps in the corner.
(d) Move out.

11. Later, on what do Tom, Martin, Arthur, and East set off?
(a) Their expedition in search of the kestrel's nest.
(b) A trip to London.
(c) An expeditition to steal a bird from a nearby farm.
(d) A fishing trip to Scotland.

12. For what does the narrator ask the reader to pardon Tom?
(a) Being filled with more thoughts of the Doctor than God.
(b) Ignoring his studies after leaving Rugby School.
(c) Not getting to the Chapel sooner.
(d) Not being more kind to the Doctor.

13. What does Tom discover that makes him so upset?
(a) Martin and Arthur are spreading rumors about him.
(b) Martin and Arthur have been out hunting for birds' eggs without him.
(c) Martin has verbally abused Arthur.
(d) East, Martin, and Arthur are leaving him out of their adventures.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean to gain success, according to Tom?

2. What does Tom discover about the Doctor?

3. Why does Tom decide to send Arthur into the game?

4. Who is Arthur's father?

5. What is essentially East's character?

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