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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom take out of his pocket during church?
(a) a ladybug
(b) a beetle
(c) a spider
(d) a grasshopper

2. What does Tom say the Widow Douglas has for children?
(a) ice cream
(b) soda
(c) candy
(d) pie

3. What tonic does Aunt Polly give Tom to bring him out of his depressed mood?
(a) Reviving oil
(b) Pain-killer
(c) Cure-all elixir
(d) Alls-well

4. What does Tom imagine after his aunt hits him and does not apologize?
(a) running away to the big city
(b) lightning from heaven striking her
(c) stealing the quilt she's making
(d) dying without forgiving her

5. Why does Tom say robbers fail to come get their treasures?
(a) They get doublecrossed by their partners and stranded.
(b) Their treasure maps get lost, destroyed, or stolen.
(c) They forget the marks that identify the spot or else they die.
(d) They get caught and sent to prison or flee the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dampens Tom's expectations of a night at Widow Douglas'?

2. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?

3. What does Polly give Tom as reward for finishing his chore?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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