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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Widow Douglas say she will do for Huck?
(a) get him a fishing boat and equipment to become a fisherman
(b) buy him a house, new clothes, and furniture
(c) put him in her will
(d) take care of him and give him money to start in business

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

6. What food do Tom and Becky have left from the picnic?
(a) nothing
(b) bread
(c) chocolate
(d) cake

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 doctor's ghost will rise up.
(c) He fears he will be accused of the murder.
(d) He fears the person is hinting Tom knows something.

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

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

15. What does Huck decide to do when the men come out of No. 2?
(a) go find Tom
(b) sound an alarm
(c) search No. 2
(d) follow them

Short Answer Questions

1. During the trial, what does the defense attorney ask the witness who saw Muff Potter washing at a creek?

2. What color is the schoolmaster's bald head, when the pranksters cause a cat to snatch his wig away?

3. How far away from the cave entrance are Becky and Tom when they emerge?

4. What is in the first closet Huck and Tom search in the haunted house?

5. What happens to Injun Joe's accomplice?

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