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

2. What happens when the teacher realizes he has forgotten his keys?

3. When does Arthur experience a spiritual vision?

4. What gifts have Arthur and his mother left for Tom?

5. Who is Arthur's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what debate does Tom take part? With whom is the debate?

3. The narrator asks the reader to pardon Tom for being filled with more thoughts of the Doctor than of God. What is his explanation for Tom's behavior?

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

5. What rumor becomes reality?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Tom do when he finds out about the Doctor's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several bullies in this novel.

Part 1) Who are the bullies?

Part 2) How do the other Rugby boys deal with them?

Part 3) What role do they play in developing the man that Tom becomes?

Essay Topic 2

East acts as Tom's trainer for the fight with Williams.

Part 1) What is East's advice to Tom?

Part 2) What does Tom do with East's advice?

Part 3) How does Tom's reaction to East's advice reflect his character?

Essay Topic 3

The motif equating life to fighting and competition appears frequently throughout this novel.

Part 1) What do the sporting matches throughout the story reveal about Tom's preparation for adulthood?

Part 2) Besides sports, how have his fights and struggles at Rubgy School prepared him for the future?

Part 3) Will Tom continue to have fights and struggles in his adult life? If so, what kinds of fights and struggles? How do you believe he will handle them? Use information from the text to support your response.

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