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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the trial, does any of the town gossip speculate that Muff Potter is innocent?
(a) No, but many people find it hard to believe Muff is a murderer.
(b) No, everyone in town thinks Muff is a murderer.
(c) Yes, a large number of people are skeptical that Muff is a murderer.
(d) Yes, a few people won't believe that Muff is a killer.

2. What does Aunt Polly do to Tom for going out at night?
(a) She spanks him until he cries.
(b) She pretends she doesn't know what happened.
(c) She weeps over him and tells him to go ahead and break her heart.
(d) She yells at him and kicks him out of the house.

3. Why are the Sunday School students given colored tickets?
(a) for learning Bible verses
(b) for the church raffle
(c) for attendance
(d) for helping with the Sunday service

4. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom thought Polly would be angry if she knew he'd been to the house.
(b) Tom didn't want to betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.
(c) Tom didn't want to spoil the effect of appearing at the funeral.
(d) Tom didn't want Sid and Mary to find out he was alive.

5. What does Tom try to do during the sermon?
(a) catch a fly
(b) pry up a floorboard
(c) steal a hymnal
(d) sneak off his shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys use to prick their fingers?

2. Who breaks the rules of the game?

3. How does Tom feel when he gets to school?

4. What does Tom give to Becky?

5. Why does Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?

(see the answer key)

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