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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. How is the fight conducted?

2. Tom and East return to Rugby, after a holiday, full of what?

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

4. Why does the farmer chase the boys?

5. When does Tom decide he is acting foolish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the fight a typical school brawl? Explain.

2. How does Tom react when we realizes he has broken the promise he had made to his mother?

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

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

5. How does Tom get into a fight?

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

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

8. What does Tom immediately understand about his relationship with Arthur, after speaking with a teacher?

9. Why does East not get confirmed?

10. How well does Tom do in the fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the two antagonists is Flashman.

Part 1) Who is Flashman?

Part 2) How does he act as an antagonist?

Part 3) What is his purpose in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Old Brooke gives a speech to the boys before he leaves the school.

Part 1) What does he say in the speech?

Part 2) What makes Old Brooke and the other older boys different from the boys that replace them as the leaders in the school?

Part 3) How does the change in leadership affect the younger boys in the school?

Essay Topic 3

By the end of the story, Tom is fully aware of the importance of human relationships, which has been the novel's central theme.

Part 1) How does Tom grow throughout the story?

Part 2) Who aids Tom in his growth? How?

Part 3) Arthur disappears from the narrative completely after Chapter 8, while only East is mentioned. What does this say about adulthood, human relationships, and independence?

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