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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does Tom decide he is acting foolish?
(a) He realizes they did not spread the rumors.
(b) He sees how excited and happy Arthur has become.
(c) They allow him to join them.
(d) When cheating on a test did not help him pass it.

4. What does Tom do after he receives the news of the Doctor's death?
(a) He breaks off his holiday and travels hurriedly to Rugby.
(b) He is in denial and ignores the news.
(c) He tells his wife the news.
(d) He contacts East, Martin, and Arthur.

5. What rumor is spreading?
(a) That Williams and Tom will fight again.
(b) Influenza.
(c) A potentially dangerous fever has started to spread through the school.
(d) A rash.

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

7. According to the narrator, how must a young man fight?
(a) With his voice, not his fists.
(b) With integrity and moral courage.
(c) Carefully and cautiously.
(d) Out spite and hatred.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. When does Arthur experience a spiritual vision?
(a) During his sleep.
(b) In class.
(c) When his fever is most intense.
(d) During a church service.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Tom want to catch a glimpse?

2. How does East tell Tom to avoid the worst of Williams' blows?

3. How does Tom defend Arthur from the taunts of some of the older boys?

4. Why does the entire town support Arthur's mother?

5. Who has not gone down to watch the fight?

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