2. What is the novel's central theme?
(a) As an adult, one must be independent.
(b) One learns important lessons when away at school.
(c) The importance of human relationships.
(d) Fighting is an innate part of humanity.

3. What piece of news does the School Nurse give Tom?
(a) He has been assigned the large study he wants.
(b) He will be living in different quarters.
(c) He is expelled from Rugby.
(d) He has a severe fever.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Arthur in Tom's office weeping as he reads his Bible?

3. Who says that as long as it is done properly it is perfectly legal?

4. What does East admit to Tom?

5. Why does Tom get into a fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom do when he finds out about the Doctor's death?

2. How does Tom feel about Arthur wanting to be friends with Martin?

3. Is the fight a typical school brawl? Explain.

4. How well does Tom do in the fight?

5. What does Tom immediately understand about his relationship with Arthur, after speaking with a teacher?

6. What rumor becomes reality?

7. The narrator asks the reader to pardon Tom for being filled with more thoughts of the Doctor than of God. What is his explanation for Tom's behavior?

8. How does Tom get into a fight?

9. How does East get himself into trouble, regarding the farmer?

10. Two years have passed. How are Arthur, Martin, East, and Tom doing?

(see the answer keys)

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