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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom say robbers fail to come get their treasures?
(a) They get doublecrossed by their partners and stranded.
(b) They forget the marks that identify the spot or else they die.
(c) Their treasure maps get lost, destroyed, or stolen.
(d) They get caught and sent to prison or flee the country.

2. What does Tom fear whenever someone gossips to him about the murder?
(a) He fears the doctor's ghost will rise up.
(b) He fears the person is hinting Tom knows something.
(c) He fears he will be accused of the murder.
(d) He fears Muff Potter will not be convicted.

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

4. What does Becky do that she thinks will get her in trouble?
(a) She writes on her desk and then finds that it won't come off.
(b) She breaks the lock on the teacher's desk.
(c) She accidentally tears a page of the teacher's book.
(d) She throws a stone at Tom, and it goes through the schoolroom window.

5. Who takes care of Huck when he's ill?
(a) Widow Douglas
(b) Aunt Polly
(c) the Welshman
(d) Huck's father

6. What does Tom threaten to do if Huck runs away from the Widow Douglas?
(a) put a hex on Huck
(b) tell where Huck's hideout is
(c) confiscate Huck's half of the treasure
(d) not allow Huck to be in his gang

7. What is the cave opening shaped like?
(a) a keyhole
(b) a thin tree branch
(c) the letter A
(d) a big circle

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

9. When does Mrs. Thatcher find out that Becky's not where she's supposed to be?
(a) at church Sunday morning
(b) when Mrs. Harper visits the Thatcher house
(c) when Becky doesn't come home from the picnic Saturday night
(d) in the town square Sunday morning

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

11. What speech does Tom make on examination day?
(a) Washington's Farewell Address
(b) the Gettysburg Address
(c) the Sermon on the Mount
(d) Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

12. 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, but only after much prompting and promising to protect Huck.
(d) Yes, Huck tells him right away.

13. What prevented Injun Joe from taking off on Friday?
(a) Tom and Huck playing in view of the haunted house.
(b) Injun Joe needs a map of the river before he can leave.
(c) The sheriff still searching for Injun Joe for murder.
(d) Injun Joe needs extra cash before he can leave.

14. Why do Tom and Huck think it's useless to break Muff out of prison?
(a) They think Injun Joe would kill Muff if he escaped.
(b) They think he'll just be caught again.
(c) They think they'd be caught and tried as accessories.
(d) They think Muff would refuse to leave.

15. What dampens Tom's expectations of a night at Widow Douglas'?
(a) He expects his aunt will find out where he's been.
(b) He thinks Becky might disapprove of him.
(c) He is afraid Injun Joe might find him.
(d) He thinks Huck might give him the signal that night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Injun Joe's accomplice?

2. Why does Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?

3. What reason does Tom give Becky for his shout, when he sees Injun Joe?

4. What food do Tom and Becky have left from the picnic?

5. By Monday morning, what do the men searching the cave send word to town for?

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