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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 understand about his relationship with Arthur?

2. According to East, what do the teachers want from students, regarding learning?

3. How is Arthur, physically, at this point in the story?

4. Why does Tom more eagerly move into acceptance of his new role?

5. What surprises and startles Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom do when it is time to choose which player to send into the game next? What are the results?

2. How does Tom feel about mentoring Arthur?

3. What does Tom think of Arthur's mother?

4. How does East get himself into trouble, regarding the farmer?

5. Why does East not get confirmed?

6. How does Tom try to keep his promise to Arthur?

7. How does Tom get into a fight?

8. What does Tom's reaction during a debate over the Old Testament with East and Arthur show about his idea of compromise?

9. Two years have passed. How are Arthur, Martin, East, and Tom doing?

10. How does Arthur's body handle the trek to the kestrel's nest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom associates himself with a group of boys that would rather play and harass the teachers than receive an education.

Part 1) Why does he associate with this group?

Part 2) How does this seem to be a step down from how he is at the beginning of the book and his first days at Rugby School?

Part 3) How does he grow out of this phase?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Arthur is kind and Christ-like.

Part 1) How is he Christ-like?

Part 2) What role doe he play in this novel? Use details from the story to support your response.

Part 3) How does he influence Tom?

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