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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 Tom think about this day?

2. How is the meal in the common room and roll call?

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

4. Why are the boys being timed?

5. What happens during an oral examination from the Doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the way Tom travels to school from how one travels to school in the twenty-first century?

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

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

4. What happens later in the trip?

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

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

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

8. How does Tom react to his father's words?

9. What action makes Tom proud of himself?

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

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

The Squire and Tom have a gruff, yet intimate relationship.

Part 1) What does the Squire do before speaking his final words to Tom?

Part 2) What advice does he give Tom?

Part 3) What is Tom's reaction to his father's advice?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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