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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How far away from the cave entrance are Becky and Tom when they emerge?
(a) ten miles
(b) three miles
(c) five miles
(d) 50 feet

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

4. What does the Welshman find where the two criminals were standing outside Widow Douglas' house?
(a) a gold coin
(b) a heavy club
(c) Injun Joe's eye patch
(d) burglar's tools

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

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

7. What does Tom dump onto the table?
(a) gold coins
(b) diamonds
(c) gold ore
(d) packs of money

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

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

10. By Monday morning, what do the men searching the cave send word to town for?
(a) horses and blankets
(b) shovels and picks
(c) water and rope
(d) candles and food

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

12. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?
(a) to be a lawyer
(b) to be the mayor
(c) to be an actor
(d) to be a doctor

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

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

15. Why does Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?
(a) He likes their uniforms.
(b) His aunt makes him.
(c) He's decided to turn over a new leaf.
(d) He wants to impress Becky.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tom awakens the next morning, what does he think of his and Huck's adventure in the haunted house?

2. What does Tom find in No. 2?

3. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?

4. What is the title of the first-prize composition?

5. What illness does Tom contract during vacation?

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