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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom remember to grab the towel before running?
(a) Injun Joe could track him down with the towel.
(b) Huck would kill him for losing the towel.
(c) Sid would snitch on Tom if he came back without the towel.
(d) His aunt would kill him for losing the towel.

2. What does Tom and Huck's treasure lead local men to do?
(a) dig up under every local tree
(b) dig up every haunt of Injun Joe's
(c) tear up haunted houses
(d) dig out the whole cave

3. What disconcerts Becky when Tom shouts to the other picnickers?
(a) the sound of the echo
(b) the sound of bats flying off
(c) the lack of response
(d) how high Tom's voice is

4. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?
(a) Saturday
(b) Sunday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Friday

5. Does Huck tell the Welshman the Spaniard's true identity?
(a) No, but Huck is sorely tempted to tell the truth.
(b) No, Huck never thinks about giving away the secret.
(c) Yes, Huck tells him right away.
(d) Yes, but only after much prompting and promising to protect Huck.

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

7. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom didn't want to betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.
(b) Tom thought Polly would be angry if she knew he'd been to the house.
(c) Tom didn't want Sid and Mary to find out he was alive.
(d) Tom didn't want to spoil the effect of appearing at the funeral.

8. What is in the first closet Huck and Tom search in the haunted house?
(a) a pile of cobwebs
(b) a cat
(c) nothing
(d) a bricked up door

9. What does Tom say that robbers bury under a tree with their treasure?
(a) a witch's finger
(b) a box of toadstools
(c) a dead man
(d) a cursed cross

10. During the trial, what does the defense attorney ask the witness who saw Muff Potter washing at a creek?
(a) whether he wears glasses
(b) nothing
(c) how he could recognize Muff from so far away
(d) how he could recognize Muff in the dark

11. What is found by Injun Joe's body?
(a) a knife with a broken blade
(b) a gold coin with a word etched into it
(c) a stick warn down and broken
(d) a piece of yellow paper with strange markings

12. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?
(a) He pours ink on Tom's spelling book.
(b) He sneaks into Tom's house and breaks dishes.
(c) He tears up Tom's math book.
(d) He stops Tom on the street and fights him.

13. What is the title of the first-prize composition?
(a) A Missouri Maiden's Farewell to Alabama
(b) A Vision
(c) The Advantages of Culture
(d) Is this, then, Life?

14. What is Muff Potter's reaction when Tom is called as a witness?
(a) terror
(b) surprise
(c) sorrow
(d) anger

15. What color is the schoolmaster's bald head, when the pranksters cause a cat to snatch his wig away?
(a) black
(b) red
(c) blue
(d) gold

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's attitude when he first takes the stand?

2. What color lights are seen in the haunted house, reportedly?

3. Where had Joe gotten water?

4. What does Tom say that he dreamed?

5. When does Mrs. Thatcher find out that Becky's not where she's supposed to be?

(see the answer keys)

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