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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. Tom starts his first full year in the company of East and several other young students who seem more interested in what than in concentrating on their lessons?

2. How would young men busy with intellectual pursuits, politics and social reform be much better off?

3. Where are the students headed after roll call?

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

5. What does Flashman frequently do to Diggs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

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

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

4. What lesson does Tom learn from a boy at the local private school?

5. How does Tom come to attend Rugby?

6. How does Tom take East's warning about Flashman?

7. What does Old Brooke say in his speech?

8. What happens later in the trip?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the time Tom and East leave the school, most of the boys kneel and say prayers at bedtime.

Part 1) How does this ritual begin?

Part 2) Why are the other boys influenced by Tom and East?

Part 3) Why might the narrator believe this is a healthy ritual?

Essay Topic 2

Tom is the protagonist.

Part 1) How is Tom's character at the beginning of the story?

Part 2) How does he change after his experiences with Flashman?

Part 3) Why and how does he change by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

East and Tom help out Diggs by buying some of his personal belongings at one of Flashman's auctions.

Part 1) Why are Diggs' belongings being sold?

Part 2) Why do East and Tom do this for Diggs?

Part 3) How does this affect Diggs, Tom, and East?

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