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

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 Joe to break down and confess.
(d) They expect lightning to strike him down.

3. Why are the Sunday School students given colored tickets?
(a) for learning Bible verses
(b) for helping with the Sunday service
(c) for attendance
(d) for the church raffle

4. What do Tom and Joe use to play with the tick?
(a) feathers
(b) pins
(c) paper balls
(d) pencils

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What witness comes forward against Muff Potter?

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

3. What do the townspeople use to try to make the boys' bodies come to the surface?

4. Who breaks the rules of the game?

5. How long does Tom have to stay after school?

(see the answer key)

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