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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys expect to happen when Injun Joe lies about the murder?
(a) They expect lightning to strike him down.
(b) They expect the sheriff to realize Joe is lying.
(c) They expect Joe to break down and confess.
(d) They expect Potter to remember what happened.

2. Where does Tom go to be alone?
(a) a crawlspace under the school
(b) a field out by the fishing pond
(c) a log raft in the river
(d) an empty cabin in the woods

3. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's professed illness?
(a) She scolds him for lying.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She takes him to the doctor.
(d) She spanks him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Potter say when he's caught?

2. Where does the town gather?

3. Why does Becky miss school?

4. What does the new girl throw to Tom?

5. Who is Jim?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom trick other boys into doing his work for him?

2. How are Sid and Tom different?

3. What do Tom and Huck do with their pact after they sign it?

4. What does the minister say about the boys at the funeral?

5. Describe some of the ways Tom and Huck discuss to remove warts.

6. Describe Amy Lawrence's reactions during Sunday School.

7. Describe what Tom hears while he waits for Huck.

8. What do the boys do after witnessing the murder?

9. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's disappearance?

10. What does Tom tutor Becky in when they meet surreptitiously during lunch?

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