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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 does Old Brooke do at the end of the singing?

2. What does Diggs realize about Flashman? Once he realizes this, he hauls him to his feet and shoves him out of the room.

3. What does the Doctor's sermon encourage?

4. Where are the students headed after roll call?

5. What does East tell Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tom's respect for the Doctor increase?

2. How do Tom, East, and Diggs get back at Flashman?

3. What happens after the blanket tossing?

4. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

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

6. Describe the Squire's final words to his son.

7. How do Tom and East rebel against Flashman's treatment of them?

8. What two incidents teach Tom the foolishness of this poor attitude?

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

10. What is "the veast?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom fights with a larger, older boy named Williams.

Part 1) Why does he get into this fight?

Part 2) Describe the fight itself.

Part 3) How does the fight end? What is the outcome of the fight?

Essay Topic 2

Arthur's father dies from typhus.

Part 1) What about Arthur's father teaches Arthur how to handle this tragedy?

Part 2) What are the circumstances in which Tom learns about this?

Part 3) To what habit of Tom and Arthur's, and eventually East's, does this lead?

Essay Topic 3

The motif equating life to fighting and competition appears frequently throughout this novel.

Part 1) What do the sporting matches throughout the story reveal about Tom's preparation for adulthood?

Part 2) Besides sports, how have his fights and struggles at Rubgy School prepared him for the future?

Part 3) Will Tom continue to have fights and struggles in his adult life? If so, what kinds of fights and struggles? How do you believe he will handle them? Use information from the text to support your response.

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