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

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

3. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Friday
(c) Sunday
(d) Saturday

4. Why does Tom not want to go back through the caves the way he and Becky came?
(a) He thinks there are ghosts in one of the cave's rooms.
(b) He wants to stay out longer with Becky.
(c) He thinks he can't fit back through an entryway they came through.
(d) He's afraid bats will put out their candles.

5. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?
(a) to be the mayor
(b) to be a doctor
(c) to be a lawyer
(d) to be an actor

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from the cave entrance are Becky and Tom when they emerge?

2. What does Tom say the Widow Douglas has for children?

3. Why does Tom blow out Becky's candle?

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

5. What is the cave opening shaped like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is kept in the mysterious room at the tavern?

2. Why does Injun Joe want to harm the Widow Douglas?

3. What good deed does Tom do for Becky?

4. What happens to Tom and Huck's treasure?

5. What is Tom's prior experience with the boy he saw Becky with?

6. Does the Welshman take credit for saving Widow Douglas?

7. Describe what happens the first time Becky goes to sleep in the cave.

8. Where does Tom think he's found No. 2?

9. What does Tom think when he's whipped for ruining his schoolbook?

10. What does Tom say that people often find that leads them to a buried treasure?

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