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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 do Tom and East go into the village?
(a) They want to see the girls from the other public school.
(b) To buy some food for their tea.
(c) To buy hunting supplies.
(d) To buy their school books.

2. What do Tom and East convince other boys their age to do?
(a) Break into the Doctor's office.
(b) Refuse to obey Flashman's orders.
(c) Listen to Flahsman's orders.
(d) Steal from the school.

3. What is a traditional, local village fair with booths of food for sale, games of chance, and contests of physical strength and courage?
(a) The fete.
(b) The celebration.
(c) The festival.
(d) The veast.

4. How does Tom feel about helping Diggs?
(a) He feels obligated to help him.
(b) He is proud of himself for having done the right thing.
(c) He regrets helping Diggs.
(d) He wishes he did not have to help him.

5. Flashman spreads rumors that do what to the reputations of Tom and East?
(a) Instill fear in all the other boys.
(b) Blacken their reputations even more.
(c) Improve them.
(d) Make them heroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom's mother take in, train, and pass on to other jobs?

2. Why is Tom so proud?

3. What does Tom endure?

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

5. What does East tell Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens later in the trip?

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

3. What takes place during the football game?

4. What two incidents teach Tom the foolishness of this poor attitude?

5. What is different about the way Tom travels to school from how one travels to school in the twenty-first century?

6. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

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

8. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

9. What happens later in the evening?

10. What types of friends does the Squire believe Tom should have?

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