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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does news of the murder travel through the town?
(a) by the newspaper
(b) by the mayor's announcement
(c) by telegraph
(d) by word of mouth

2. What does Tom steal as he goes out to play after whitewashing the fence?
(a) some jam
(b) a cookie
(c) a doughnut
(d) a peach

3. What does Tom try to do during the sermon?
(a) steal a hymnal
(b) pry up a floorboard
(c) catch a fly
(d) sneak off his shoes

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

5. Before the trial, does any of the town gossip speculate that Muff Potter is innocent?
(a) Yes, a few people won't believe that Muff is a killer.
(b) No, but many people find it hard to believe Muff is a murderer.
(c) Yes, a large number of people are skeptical that Muff is a murderer.
(d) No, everyone in town thinks Muff is a murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom decide to run away to become?

2. What does Tom fear whenever someone gossips to him about the murder?

3. What does Tom do to try to ease his conscience?

4. What is the object of the game?

5. Where has Tom's cousin Mary been for the last week?

(see the answer key)

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