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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Tom's attitude when he first takes the stand?
(a) showing off
(b) frightened
(c) sullen
(d) angry

3. Who is the first friend who agrees to go hunting for treasure with Tom?
(a) Joe Harper
(b) Ben Rogers
(c) Jeff Thatcher
(d) Huck Finn

4. Why does Tom not want to go back through the caves the way he and Becky came?
(a) He thinks he can't fit back through an entryway they came through.
(b) He thinks there are ghosts in one of the cave's rooms.
(c) He wants to stay out longer with Becky.
(d) He's afraid bats will put out their candles.

5. What reason does Tom give Becky for his shout, when he sees Injun Joe?
(a) He says he was scared by a bat.
(b) He says he shouted for luck.
(c) He says he thought he saw a searcher.
(d) He says he wanted to hear the echo.

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

7. 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) how he could recognize Muff from so far away
(c) nothing
(d) how he could recognize Muff in the dark

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

9. What does Tom say the Widow Douglas has for children?
(a) soda
(b) candy
(c) ice cream
(d) pie

10. What color lights are seen in the haunted house, reportedly?
(a) blue
(b) green
(c) yellow
(d) red

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

12. What prevented Injun Joe's capture at the Widow Douglas' house?
(a) Injun Joe saw the approaching men reflected in the widow's windows.
(b) One of the boys tripped over a branch.
(c) A bird took flight at the Welshman's approach.
(d) The Welshman couldn't help sneezing.

13. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom didn't want to spoil the effect of appearing at the funeral.
(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 betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.

14. What does Tom say that he dreamed?
(a) the scene of him appearing in the church at his funeral
(b) the scene he witnessed when he sneaked over to the house
(c) the townspeople on the ferry searching for the boys' bodies
(d) witnessing the doctor's death at the graveyard

15. 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 he will be accused of the murder.
(c) He fears Muff Potter will not be convicted.
(d) He fears the person is hinting Tom knows something.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom blow out Becky's candle?

2. Where had Joe gotten water?

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

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

5. What do Tom and Huck do instead of going to the haunted house?

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