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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Tom get his tickets?
(a) Tom does chores to earn tickets.
(b) Tom trades the other children for their tickets.
(c) Tom makes his own fake tickets.
(d) Tom steals tickets from the other children.

6. What does Tom throw at Sid as he leaves?
(a) a rock
(b) an apple core
(c) dirt clods
(d) his paintbrush

7. Who has earned the most rewards in Tom's Sunday School?
(a) Ben Rodgers
(b) Jeff Thatcher
(c) a German boy
(d) Mary

8. What does Tom trade his tooth for?
(a) an arrow
(b) a marble
(c) a matchbook
(d) a tick

9. At first, what does Potter think gave him away?
(a) Potter thinks the doctor has recovered and accused him.
(b) Potter thinks Injun Joe has accused him.
(c) Potter thinks his footprints were found at the graveyard.
(d) Potter thinks someone saw him running from the scene.

10. What does Aunt Polly do about Tom's loose tooth?
(a) She gives him an apple to bite into.
(b) She pulls it out with string.
(c) She gives him gum to chew.
(d) She pulls it out with pliers.

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

12. What do the townspeople use to try to make the boys' bodies come to the surface?
(a) dynamite
(b) rifles
(c) a cannon
(d) firecrackers

13. What do Tom and Joe use to play with the tick?
(a) pencils
(b) feathers
(c) pins
(d) paper balls

14. What do the men fight over?
(a) money
(b) how long their task is taking
(c) if the doctor will turn them in
(d) who is doing the most work

15. What does the sheriff say about catching Muff Potter?
(a) He is confident about finding Potter before dark.
(b) He is confident about finding Potter within the week.
(c) He is sure Potter has escaped.
(d) He thinks they will find Potter dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom write the pact between the boys on?

2. What does Tom do to stop himself from talking in his sleep?

3. What does Aunt Polly do to Tom for going out at night?

4. What is Ben Rogers doing when he comes across Tom?

5. What do the boys expect to happen when Injun Joe lies about the murder?

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