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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Tom and East's reputations?
(a) Their heroic reputations last for the rest of the school year.
(b) Their blackened reputations linger long after Flashman leaves.
(c) The other boys do not take the rumors seriously, so the reputations do not last.
(d) Tom and East ignore them.

2. Who is Benjy?
(a) One of the two elderly farm hands.
(b) Tom's uncle.
(c) One of the two young farm hands.
(d) Tom's cousin.

3. Instead of focusing on increasing their level of sophistication and the amount of money they possess,What would young men be able to do?
(a) "Enjoy life and all its advantages."
(b) "Tease and torture a man who does not care about wealth and his standing in society."
(c) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."
(d) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."

4. Even though the Doctor, the head of their house, has strong new ideas that some might think go against the school's traditions, what should the boys do?
(a) Respect him.
(b) Try to have him replaced.
(c) Tease him.
(d) Ignore him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This novel tells the story of a rambunctious young student. Where is he located?

2. What happens during an oral examination from the Doctor?

3. When is Tom's father, the Squire, liberal?

4. What does Tom's reaction to his father's speech reveal?

5. Who shows Tom around the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one know that Rugby School is not near Tom's home?

2. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

3. How does Tom react to his father's words?

4. How do Tom, East, and Diggs get back at Flashman?

5. How does Tom take East's warning about Flashman?

6. What happens after the blanket tossing?

7. How do Tom and East behave after Flashman leaves the school?

8. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

9. Describe the Squire's final words to his son.

10. How does Flashman and his cronies treat Tom once he is healed from the last incident?

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