The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Potter caught?
(a) in the woods
(b) in the tannery
(c) in the town square
(d) at the graveyard

2. Why do the boys realize they're mistaken about the omen?
(a) The animal's back is to them.
(b) The animal has a white stripe.
(c) The animal runs off when they approach.
(d) The animal is sitting in a patch of daisies.

3. What does the new girl throw to Tom?
(a) a carnation
(b) a rose
(c) a daisy
(d) a pansy

4. Does Tom leave Aunt Polly his note?
(a) Yes, he leaves the note on her bed.
(b) No, he never planned to give Polly a note.
(c) No, he changes his mind at the last minute.
(d) Yes, he leaves the note by the bedside, but the wind blows it away.

5. What does Tom ask Becky?
(a) to run away with him
(b) to meet him on the weekend
(c) to go steady
(d) to be engaged

6. What does the stranger do through the window while Tom stands outside his house?
(a) clenches his fist
(b) throws rocks
(c) yells at Tom
(d) makes faces

7. What does Mary promise Tom for memorizing his Bible verses?
(a) a slingshot
(b) a fishing pole
(c) a knife
(d) new shoes

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

9. What noise does Tom make out the window, before climbing down?
(a) a cat's meow
(b) a dog's yowl
(c) a crow's caw
(d) a coyote's howl

10. What is Ben Rogers doing when he comes across Tom?
(a) mimicking a schoolteacher
(b) imagining he's an airplane
(c) pretending to be a monkey
(d) impersonating a steamboat

11. What does Tom give to Becky?
(a) an apple
(b) an orange
(c) a peach
(d) a pear

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

13. What does Tom do when he plays hooky?
(a) He reads a book.
(b) He plays catch.
(c) He plays baseball.
(d) He goes swimming.

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

15. When Tom beats up the strange boy, what does he tell the boy to holler to make him stop?
(a) "Uncle!"
(b) "Nuff!"
(c) "I give!"
(d) "You win!"

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the boys find sleeping in their hideout?

2. What happens to the boys' raft?

3. What is the potential consequence Tom heard that the illness could have?

4. Why does Tom decide to run away?

5. How many tickets are needed to earn a prize?

(see the answer keys)

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