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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 do when he sits in the same seat he sat in when he first comes to the school?

2. Who is Arthur's father?

3. What else does the School Nurse tell Tom?

4. What does East get into the habit of doing?

5. What does East do for Tom during the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Arthur crying in Tom's study?

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

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

4. What does Williams have against Arthur?

5. How does Tom feel about mentoring Arthur?

6. What does East confess?

7. What do the boys watching begin to debate?

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

9. What takes place between Young Brooke and the Doctor, after the boys have quickly dispersed?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Doctor is seen as a God-like character.

Part 1) How is it fitting that he be a God-like character in this story?

Part 2) What makes him God-like?

Part 3) How do his actions influence those around him?

Essay Topic 3

Tom is the protagonist.

Part 1) How is Tom's character at the beginning of the story?

Part 2) How does he change after his experiences with Flashman?

Part 3) Why and how does he change by the end of the book?

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