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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. Who does the narrator admire?

2. In what are his words grounded?

3. Why are Tom and East sent up to see the Doctor to take their punishment?

4. Who shows Tom around the school?

5. How is the relationship between Squire Brown and Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

2. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

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

4. What types of friends does the Squire believe Tom should have?

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

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

7. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

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

9. How does the narrator believe young men may better themselves?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diggs encourages Tom and East to stand up for themselves.

Part 1) Why does he encourage this? From whom are the boys defending themselves?

Part 2) How is Diggs mistreated?

Part 3) Does Diggs' stand up for himself? Support your response with details from the story.

Essay Topic 2

At first, Tom is reluctant to be a mentor to Arthur.

Part 1) Why?

Part 2) What makes him change his mind?

Part 3) How does their relationship as mentor and protege change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

There are several bullies in this novel.

Part 1) Who are the bullies?

Part 2) How do the other Rugby boys deal with them?

Part 3) What role do they play in developing the man that Tom becomes?

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