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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?
(a) He wants to impress Becky.
(b) His aunt makes him.
(c) He's decided to turn over a new leaf.
(d) He likes their uniforms.

2. By Monday morning, what do the men searching the cave send word to town for?
(a) water and rope
(b) candles and food
(c) shovels and picks
(d) horses and blankets

3. What does Becky do that she thinks will get her in trouble?
(a) She throws a stone at Tom, and it goes through the schoolroom window.
(b) She accidentally tears a page of the teacher's book.
(c) She writes on her desk and then finds that it won't come off.
(d) She breaks the lock on the teacher's desk.

4. Where had Joe gotten water?
(a) seeping in from outside the door
(b) from digging into the water table from the river
(c) from a spring in the ground
(d) from a dripping stalactite

5. What does Polly say that Tom should have done?
(a) come to let her know he was alive
(b) waited until after the funeral to reveal himself
(c) come back home sooner
(d) stayed away longer

6. What dampens Tom's expectations of a night at Widow Douglas'?
(a) He is afraid Injun Joe might find him.
(b) He expects his aunt will find out where he's been.
(c) He thinks Huck might give him the signal that night.
(d) He thinks Becky might disapprove of him.

7. How does Becky make Tom jealous?
(a) by sitting and reading with Alfred Temple
(b) by kissing Joe Harper
(c) by talking with Bill Miller
(d) by sitting next to Ben Rodgers

8. Why does Tom say robbers fail to come get their treasures?
(a) They get doublecrossed by their partners and stranded.
(b) They get caught and sent to prison or flee the country.
(c) Their treasure maps get lost, destroyed, or stolen.
(d) They forget the marks that identify the spot or else they die.

9. What illness does Tom contract during vacation?
(a) mumps
(b) measles
(c) whooping cough
(d) chicken pox

10. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?
(a) He sneaks into Tom's house and breaks dishes.
(b) He stops Tom on the street and fights him.
(c) He pours ink on Tom's spelling book.
(d) He tears up Tom's math book.

11. How does Judge Frazer let Tom down?
(a) He gets sick and so will miss Fourth of July.
(b) He dies, just when Tom thought he was getting well.
(c) He dies before telling Tom the secret Tom's waiting for.
(d) He leaves the town without giving word.

12. When does Mrs. Thatcher find out that Becky's not where she's supposed to be?
(a) in the town square Sunday morning
(b) when Becky doesn't come home from the picnic Saturday night
(c) at church Sunday morning
(d) when Mrs. Harper visits the Thatcher house

13. What disconcerts Becky when Tom shouts to the other picnickers?
(a) the lack of response
(b) the sound of bats flying off
(c) how high Tom's voice is
(d) the sound of the echo

14. Who takes care of Huck when he's ill?
(a) Aunt Polly
(b) the Welshman
(c) Huck's father
(d) Widow Douglas

15. What does Tom say that robbers bury under a tree with their treasure?
(a) a witch's finger
(b) a dead man
(c) a box of toadstools
(d) a cursed cross

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Aunt Polly able to forgive Tom anything?

2. What does Widow Douglas say she will do for Huck?

3. What is Muff Potter's reaction when Tom is called as a witness?

4. What food do Tom and Becky have left from the picnic?

5. During the trial, what does the defense attorney ask the witness who saw Muff Potter washing at a creek?

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