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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 have to break in.
(d) He and Tom go back to school.

2. What does Tom understand about his relationship with Arthur?
(a) All the good that has come into his life is due to his relationship with Arthur.
(b) It will last for the rest of their lives.
(c) Arthur's success in school is all due to Tom.
(d) It has grown deeper over the passing years.

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

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

5. What move gets questioned by the boys watching?
(a) An upper cut to the jaw.
(b) A wrestling pin.
(c) A choke hold.
(d) The wrestling throw Tom learned in Chapter 3.

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

7. According to East, what do the teachers want from students, regarding learning?
(a) They do not care how students learn, they just want the students to have learned.
(b) They want them to be engaged in what they are studying.
(c) They want them to memorize information that is unimportant.
(d) They want them to be lifelong learners.

8. Why does Tom more eagerly move into acceptance of his new role?
(a) He dislikes the Doctor.
(b) He realizes he needs a tutor.
(c) He has made new friends.
(d) He realizes that with responsibility comes status.

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

10. Arthur's mother had been born into high society. How does she feel about the quiet rural life she shared with her husband?
(a) She would like to live in the city.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is unhappy.
(d) She misses the balls.

11. What does it mean to gain success, according to Tom?
(a) To have a large amount of wealth.
(b) To be the best in school.
(c) Approval from the Doctor.
(d) To win a game of cricket.

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

13. Who is the captain of the team?
(a) Martin.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Tom.
(d) Young Brooke.

14. How does Tom quickly gain the upper hand?
(a) He uses speed and agility.
(b) He ignores East's advice.
(c) He sees the sense of East's suggestions.
(d) He ducks Williams' blows.

15. What is Tom determined to avoid?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Doing school work.
(d) Arguing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of news does the School Nurse give Tom?

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

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

4. All change brought about by the passing of time ends in what same result?

5. When does Arthur experience a spiritual vision?

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