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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. Why does Tom not pay much attention to the first church service?
(a) He is too curious about the church and his fellow students.
(b) The sermon is really boring.
(c) He is absorbed at looking at al the beautiful architectural details on the church.
(d) He is too busy talking to East.

2. What does the Doctor's sermon encourage?
(a) The boys to live for their education here at Rugby.
(b) The boys to pray every night.
(c) The boys to live life well, rather than let it pass by them.
(d) To follow all his instructions.

3. What does Diggs realize about Flashman? Once he realizes this, he hauls him to his feet and shoves him out of the room.
(a) Flashman is trying to kill Tom.
(b) Flashman has called for backup.
(c) Flashman is unconsious.
(d) Flashman is only faking.

4. 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) "Value a man wholly and solely for what was in him."
(c) "Value to price of a pound and put it to good use."
(d) "Tease and torture a man who does not care about wealth and his standing in society."

5. Tom accompanies Benjy to the farm of an Old Man who reportedly knows what?
(a) How to drive a stagecoach.
(b) How to play cudgel war.
(c) The medicinal powers of herbs.
(d) How to break a horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom endure?

2. How does Flashman now treat Tom?

3. Who wakes Tom at the roadside inn?

4. How do both Tom and East feel?

5. What are the excellent qualities of the Brown family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What lesson does Tom learn from a boy at the local private school?

3. What happens later in the evening?

4. Why does Tom's respect for the Doctor increase?

5. How are the two church services for Tom?

6. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

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

8. Where does Benjy take Tom? What happens as a result?

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

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

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