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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. Who comes out to see what is going on?

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

3. For what does the narrator ask the reader to pardon Tom?

4. What happens to Arthur?

5. A few weeks before Arthur was to be sent to Rugby, what happens to his father and mother?

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. What does Tom think of Arthur's mother?

3. What rumor becomes reality?

4. What does Williams have against Arthur?

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

6. What does East confess?

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

8. How does Tom feel about Arthur wanting to be friends with Martin?

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

10. How does this chapter begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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