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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Tom and Huck think Muff Potter, Injun Joe, and Doctor Robinson are when they first approach?
(a) animals
(b) ghosts
(c) witches
(d) devils

2. Where is Potter caught?
(a) in the woods
(b) in the town square
(c) in the tannery
(d) at the graveyard

3. What does Potter say when he's caught?
(a) He claims that he didn't kill the doctor.
(b) He confesses to the killing.
(c) He says that he doesn't remember what happened.
(d) He accuses Injun Joe of committing the murder.

4. What happens to the doctor?
(a) Injun Joe shoots him.
(b) Muff strangles him.
(c) Injun Joe stabs him.
(d) Muff knocks him on the head.

5. What does Tom throw at Sid as he leaves?
(a) his paintbrush
(b) dirt clods
(c) a rock
(d) an apple core

6. What kind of craft do the townspeople take onto the river to look for the boys?
(a) a ferryboat
(b) a sloop
(c) a rowboat
(d) a barge

7. What does the sheriff say about catching Muff Potter?
(a) He is confident about finding Potter before dark.
(b) He is sure Potter has escaped.
(c) He is confident about finding Potter within the week.
(d) He thinks they will find Potter dead.

8. What is the only thing Tom finds wrong with him, when he wakes up Monday morning?
(a) an upset stomach
(b) a cut on his knee
(c) a loose tooth
(d) a sprained wrist

9. Where does Becky meet Tom at lunchtime?
(a) in the woods
(b) at the school
(c) at the town square
(d) at Becky's house

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

11. What does Tom take out of his pocket during church?
(a) a beetle
(b) a grasshopper
(c) a spider
(d) a ladybug

12. How does Huck sign his name?
(a) Huck writes "Mr. Finn."
(b) Huck makes an X instead of his name.
(c) Tom shows Huck how to make an H and an F.
(d) Huck writes out his full given name.

13. What does Muff leave behind?
(a) a cigarette butt
(b) the murder weapon
(c) his shoe
(d) his jacket

14. Why does the teacher seat Tom with the girls?
(a) because Tom is too noisy with the boys
(b) because Tom is late
(c) because it's his turn to sit with the girls
(d) because the classroom is short of chairs

15. What does Tom decide to run away to become?
(a) an acrobat
(b) an actor
(c) a pirate
(d) a statesman

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tom give a dose of tonic to?

2. What do Tom's classmates do, that constantly remind him of his problems?

3. How long does it take the boys to get to the cemetery?

4. What happens to the boys' raft?

5. What does Tom answer when the judge asks him who the first two apostles were?

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