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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. What team gains control of the game?

2. Flashman spreads rumors that do what to the reputations of Tom and East?

3. What are the excellent qualities of the Brown family?

4. How does Tom feel about the disappearance of such games and competitions from the culture?

5. What does Tom endure?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom come to attend Rugby?

2. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

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

4. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

5. How does one know that Rugby School is not near Tom's home?

6. Where does Benjy take Tom? What happens as a result?

7. What is Tom's overall feel of the day?

8. What is "the veast?"

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Even when told he can not play in the football match, Tom rushes the pitch anyway.

Part 1) Why does he rush the pitch?

Part 2) What does this say about Tom's character?

Part 3) What is the outcome of this action?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The stolen duck is symbolic.

Part 1) What does the stolen duck say about East and Tom's characters?

Part 2) What do the boys do with the duck? What does this symbolize?

Part 3) How does this relate to the Christian ideals of the narrator?

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