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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tom's reaction to his bath?
(a) Tom hates taking a bath and tries to only pretend to take one.
(b) Tom goes to sleep in the bath because he's bored.
(c) Tom procrastinates in the bath, playing sailor.
(d) Tom sings loudly and out of key in the bath.

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

3. What does Tom "die" of during the game?
(a) being stoned
(b) an arrow
(c) a sword wound
(d) poison

4. What do the boys eat for breakfast after running away?
(a) bacon and fish
(b) apples and bread
(c) cheese and stolen eggs
(d) dry crackers

5. What witness comes forward against Muff Potter?
(a) A man who saw Potter meeting secretively with the doctor.
(b) A man who heard Potter threaten the doctor.
(c) A man who identified Potter as buying the murder weapon.
(d) A man who saw Potter washing in a stream in the early hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tom sneak off to during the night on the island?

2. Where does the town gather?

3. What is the object of the game?

4. What kind of craft do the townspeople take onto the river to look for the boys?

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

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