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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Polly say that Tom should have done?
(a) stayed away longer
(b) waited until after the funeral to reveal himself
(c) come back home sooner
(d) come to let her know he was alive

3. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom thought Polly would be angry if she knew he'd been to the house.
(b) Tom didn't want to betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.
(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.

4. What is Huck's attitude toward marriage?
(a) He thinks marriage to anyone would be grand.
(b) He thinks marriage is always unhappy and ends in fighting.
(c) He dreams of getting married to the right girl.
(d) He is afraid of marriage because his wife could die.

5. What is Judge Thatcher's feeling toward Tom?
(a) anger
(b) admiration
(c) jealousy
(d) annoyance

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

7. When Tom awakens the next morning, what does he think of his and Huck's adventure in the haunted house?
(a) He's afraid it's a dream.
(b) He's thought of a scheme to capture Injun Joe.
(c) He has thought of a scheme to get the treasure.
(d) He's decided to give up on the treasure.

8. What do Tom and Huck do instead of going to the haunted house?
(a) play Robin Hood
(b) make their own treasure maps
(c) slingshot target practice
(d) fish in the river

9. 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

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

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

12. Who tells Tom that the Welshman is going to announce Huck's role in saving the Widow Douglas?
(a) Aunt Polly
(b) Mary
(c) Joe
(d) Sid

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

14. Why does Tom say they need to stop and wait by the water?
(a) He's afraid of getting even more lost.
(b) There's only one source of water in the cave.
(c) No one will find them if they keep moving around.
(d) They've nearly run out of candles.

15. What illness does Tom contract during vacation?
(a) whooping cough
(b) chicken pox
(c) mumps
(d) measles

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?

2. What had Joe found in the cave to eat?

3. Before the trial, does any of the town gossip speculate that Muff Potter is innocent?

4. How does Tom react to Becky when he goes back to school?

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

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