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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tom sneak off to during the night on the island?
(a) the town hall
(b) the schoolhouse
(c) Aunt Polly's house
(d) Joe's house

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

3. What does Tom decide to run away to become?
(a) an actor
(b) a statesman
(c) a pirate
(d) an acrobat

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

5. What do the boys play after the storm?
(a) Circus
(b) Pirates
(c) Indians
(d) Cowboys

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

7. What time is it, when Tom thinks it must be dawn while he is waiting to meet Huck?
(a) ten o'clock
(b) twelve o'clock
(c) nine o'clock
(d) eleven o'clock

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

9. What thought discourages Tom from committing suicide?
(a) His aunt will miss him.
(b) His Sunday School record is not good.
(c) Becky won't even mourn for him.
(d) Mary and Sid will miss him.

10. What do the three men have with them?
(a) a trunk, a shovel, and a pick
(b) a wheelbarrow, rope, and a shovel
(c) rope, a pulley, and a black bag
(d) a wagon, spades, and a black bag

11. Who is Amy Lawrence?
(a) Amy is Tom's teacher, who Tom has a crush on.
(b) Amy is Tom's beloved, who fickle Tom forgets.
(c) Amy is Sid's beloved, who Tom makes trouble with.
(d) Amy is Jeff's cousin, who Tom thinks is beautiful.

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

13. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's professed illness?
(a) She takes him to the doctor.
(b) She scolds him for lying.
(c) She spanks him.
(d) She laughs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wins the battle?

2. What does Becky wish she had?

3. What happens to the boys' raft?

4. What is the object of the game?

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

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