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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a shift?

2. How does Flashman end up on the floor, bleeding?

3. How is the meal in the common room and roll call?

4. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?

5. What does Tom ask East regarding Brooke?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Flashman and his cronies treat Tom once he is healed from the last incident?

2. What happens later in the evening?

3. What happens later in the trip?

4. How does Tom come to attend Rugby?

5. How does Tom react to his father's words?

6. What takes place during the football game?

7. What is the narrator's opinion of the English country?

8. How does Tom's first full year begin?

9. How is Tom's morning on the stagecoach?

10. How do Tom and East behave after Flashman leaves the school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the end of the story, Tom is fully aware of the importance of human relationships, which has been the novel's central theme.

Part 1) How does Tom grow throughout the story?

Part 2) Who aids Tom in his growth? How?

Part 3) Arthur disappears from the narrative completely after Chapter 8, while only East is mentioned. What does this say about adulthood, human relationships, and independence?

Essay Topic 2

Tom associates himself with a group of boys that would rather play and harass the teachers than receive an education.

Part 1) Why does he associate with this group?

Part 2) How does this seem to be a step down from how he is at the beginning of the book and his first days at Rugby School?

Part 3) How does he grow out of this phase?

Essay Topic 3

East acts as Tom's trainer for the fight with Williams.

Part 1) What is East's advice to Tom?

Part 2) What does Tom do with East's advice?

Part 3) How does Tom's reaction to East's advice reflect his character?

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