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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. What does Tom steal as he goes out to play after whitewashing the fence?
(a) a doughnut
(b) some jam
(c) a peach
(d) a cookie

2. Why does Tom decide to run away?
(a) Tom is failing in school and will be held back.
(b) Becky scorns him when she comes back to school.
(c) He is afraid Huck will break their pact.
(d) Aunt Polly won't stop giving him medicines.

3. What source of food do the boys find on the island?
(a) peach trees
(b) turtle eggs
(c) a fishing pond
(d) wild chickens

4. What game does Tom play with Joe Harper?
(a) King of the Hill
(b) Civil War
(c) Cowboys and Indians
(d) Robin Hood

5. What wakes Tom?
(a) a bottle breaking
(b) Sid shaking him
(c) a cat yowling
(d) the clock striking eleven

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say the sound of the wind in the trees might be?

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

3. What does Tom take out of his pocket during church?

4. What illness does Tom contract during vacation?

5. What does Tom do that makes Becky cry?

(see the answer key)

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