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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does the town gather?
(a) the schoolyard
(b) the town square
(c) the graveyard
(d) the town hall
2. What does Tom say will happen if the boys break their pact?
(a) They will go to Hell.
(b) They will never be friends again.
(c) They will suffer an agonizing illness.
(d) They will drop down dead.
3. Who does Tom meet on his way to school?
(a) Jeff Thatcher
(b) Amy Lawrence
(c) Joe Harper
(d) Huckleberry Finn
4. Why do the boys realize they're mistaken about the omen?
(a) The animal is sitting in a patch of daisies.
(b) The animal runs off when they approach.
(c) The animal's back is to them.
(d) The animal has a white stripe.
5. Where does Tom sneak off to during the night on the island?
(a) Aunt Polly's house
(b) Joe's house
(c) the schoolhouse
(d) the town hall
6. Where does Aunt Polly find Tom?
(a) beneath the covers
(b) in a closet
(c) in the outhouse
(d) behind a tree
7. What does Polly give Tom as reward for finishing his chore?
(a) an apple
(b) an orange
(c) a piece of pie
(d) a cookie
8. What person does Tom make up to threaten the stranger with?
(a) a big sister
(b) a powerful father
(c) a friend who is a schoolmaster
(d) a big brother
9. At first, what does Potter think gave him away?
(a) Potter thinks Injun Joe has accused him.
(b) Potter thinks someone saw him running from the scene.
(c) Potter thinks the doctor has recovered and accused him.
(d) Potter thinks his footprints were found at the graveyard.
10. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's professed illness?
(a) She scolds him for lying.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She takes him to the doctor.
(d) She spanks him.
11. Where is Potter caught?
(a) in the tannery
(b) in the woods
(c) at the graveyard
(d) in the town square
12. What does Tom say the sound of the wind in the trees might be?
(a) witches' familiars gathering
(b) spirits of the dead
(c) scavengers coming for the corpses
(d) devils coming to get their own
13. Who do the boys find sleeping in their hideout?
(a) Joe Harper
(b) Injun Joe
(c) Muff Potter
(d) Jeff Thatcher
14. Who has earned the most rewards in Tom's Sunday School?
(a) Mary
(b) Ben Rodgers
(c) Jeff Thatcher
(d) a German boy
15. What does Tom do to stop himself from talking in his sleep?
(a) He ties up his jaw, complaining of toothache.
(b) He stuffs the covers into his mouth.
(c) He sleeps on his stomach with his head in the pillow.
(d) He drinks cinnamon and chamomile tea.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Joe and Tom feel guilty about?
2. What does the sheriff say about catching Muff Potter?
3. What is the object of the game?
4. What does the stranger do through the window while Tom stands outside his house?
5. Who is Jim?
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