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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 are the boys being timed?

2. What happens to Tom and East's reputations?

3. When are Tom, East, and Diggs all embarrassed?

4. Who teaches Tom how to wrestle?

5. Why does Tom buy sausages to share with the other boys in their house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens later in the evening?

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

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

7. What happens later in the trip?

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

9. How is Tom's life at Rugby School?

10. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Old Brooke gives a speech to the boys before he leaves the school.

Part 1) What does he say in the speech?

Part 2) What makes Old Brooke and the other older boys different from the boys that replace them as the leaders in the school?

Part 3) How does the change in leadership affect the younger boys in the school?

Essay Topic 2

One of the two antagonists is Flashman.

Part 1) Who is Flashman?

Part 2) How does he act as an antagonist?

Part 3) What is his purpose in the story?

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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