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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 is anyone who dares to taunt Tom quickly silenced?
(a) The Doctor does not tolerate taunting.
(b) Arthur is very protective of Tom.
(c) East has a reputation for toughness.
(d) He has a reputation for toughness.

2. What happens to Arthur?
(a) He catches the fever and is quarantined.
(b) He catches influenza.
(c) He leaves school.
(d) He saves Tom.

3. What does the Doctor tell Young Brooke?
(a) To send the boys to him.
(b) To continue the fight tomorrow.
(c) To punish the boys himself.
(d) To make sure the fight does not resume.

4. What does Tom discover about the Doctor?
(a) He has been buried in the Chapel.
(b) He did not die after all.
(c) He is cremated.
(d) He is buried at sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does East admit to Tom?

2. Who comes out to see what is going on?

3. What does the narrator find to be a necessity and an aspect of human nature?

4. What happens when the teacher realizes he has forgotten his keys?

5. What is essentially East's character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the boys watching begin to debate?

2. How does Tom get into a fight?

3. Why is Arthur crying in Tom's study?

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

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

6. What does Tom think of Arthur's mother?

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

8. How does Tom try to keep his promise to Arthur?

9. What does Williams have against Arthur?

10. How does Tom react when we realizes he has broken the promise he had made to his mother?

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