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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. How does Tom quickly gain the upper hand?
(a) He uses speed and agility.
(b) He ducks Williams' blows.
(c) He sees the sense of East's suggestions.
(d) He ignores East's advice.

2. What is essentially East's character?
(a) The idea that he cannot stand hypocrisy.
(b) He is enthusiastic and lovable.
(c) The idea that education is not important.
(d) He is lazy and uneducated.

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

4. What does Tom discover that makes him so upset?
(a) Martin and Arthur are spreading rumors about him.
(b) East, Martin, and Arthur are leaving him out of their adventures.
(c) Martin has verbally abused Arthur.
(d) Martin and Arthur have been out hunting for birds' eggs without him.

5. Who is Arthur's father?
(a) A tough businessman.
(b) A respected, gentle, and wise minister.
(c) An abusive alcoholic.
(d) A respected and kind schoolmaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Tom want to catch a glimpse?

2. What surprises and startles Tom?

3. What gifts have Arthur and his mother left for Tom?

4. Why do the four boys climb a tree?

5. How is the fight conducted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does East confess?

3. What takes place between Young Brooke and the Doctor, after the boys have quickly dispersed?

4. 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?

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

6. What rumor becomes reality?

7. How well does Tom do in the fight?

8. What does Williams have against Arthur?

9. Why is the farmer on the look-out for boys from Rugby?

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

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