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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 leads to Tom panicking and starting for the door to fetch the nurse?

2. Through what city does Tom travel?

3. Where is Tom headed?

4. What is the tone of the Squire's words to his son?

5. How is Benjy's search for a cure for his rheumatism?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens later in the trip?

4. What key themes appear in this chapter?

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

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

7. How are the two church services for Tom?

8. When does Flashman's bullying become dangerous?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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