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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 the entire town support Arthur's mother?
(a) She is beginning her own business.
(b) She is ill and unable to care for her family.
(c) Her husband is abusive.
(d) She is such a gracious and loving woman who is newly widowed.

2. From the perspective of the narrator, what is one long fight or series of fights?
(a) Parenthood.
(b) School.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Life.

3. What has happened by the time Tom and Arthur have left the school?
(a) Most of the boys kneel and pray at bedtime.
(b) They are now the bullies.
(c) The boys all pray in the Chapel.
(d) The bullying has ended.

4. Why does Young Brooke remain?
(a) He is trying to distract the School Nurse.
(b) He is injured and cannot move.
(c) He is sacrificing himself for the other boys.
(d) He has a very good relationship with the Doctor.

5. With whom is Rugby playing an important cricket match?
(a) A team from Brussels.
(b) A team from London.
(c) A team from Dublin.
(d) A team from Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the farmer chase the boys?

2. What promise has Tom broken?

3. Where is Tom when he receives news of the Doctor's death?

4. Who is the captain of the team?

5. For what does the narrator ask the reader to pardon Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does East confess?

2. Why is Arthur worried about Tom's safety in the fight?

3. How does Arthur's body handle the trek to the kestrel's nest?

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

5. How does Tom get into a fight?

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

7. What does Tom's reaction during a debate over the Old Testament with East and Arthur show about his idea of compromise?

8. What does Tom do when it is time to choose which player to send into the game next? What are the results?

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

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

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