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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 28 and 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tom and Huck take as an omen that they will die?
(a) a fox eating a rat
(b) an owl's cry
(c) a stray dog howling
(d) a black cat yowling

2. How long does Tom have to stay after school?
(a) half an hour
(b) one hour
(c) two hours
(d) forty-five minutes

3. What are the men at the graveyard for?
(a) to bury treasure
(b) to bury a body
(c) to rob a grave
(d) to steal a tombstone

4. What does Tom do when he sees the new girl?
(a) Tom shows off by doing tricks on the sidewalk.
(b) Tom pretends to ignore her.
(c) Tom asks him to play with the boys in the woods.
(d) Tom pulls her out of the window and runs down to the river with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Huck tell Tom is bound to happen if the doctor is dead?

2. How does Tom feel when he gets to school?

3. What task does Polly give Tom as punishment?

4. When Tom awakens the next morning, what does he think of his and Huck's adventure in the haunted house?

5. What wakes Tom the next morning?

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