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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom didn't want to betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.
(b) Tom didn't want Sid and Mary to find out he was alive.
(c) Tom thought Polly would be angry if she knew he'd been to the house.
(d) Tom didn't want to spoil the effect of appearing at the funeral.

2. What makes Aunt Polly able to forgive Tom anything?
(a) Joe tells her that Tom was the one that convinced them to come back.
(b) Tom tells her that the only reason he came back was to stop her from grieving.
(c) She discovers the note in his jacket, so she knows he wasn't lying.
(d) She remembers how she felt when she thought Tom was dead.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?
(a) He pours ink on Tom's spelling book.
(b) He tears up Tom's math book.
(c) He sneaks into Tom's house and breaks dishes.
(d) He stops Tom on the street and fights him.

9. What does Huck say he'd do with treasure?
(a) give it to his father
(b) save it to live on
(c) run away to Europe
(d) buy pie and soda every day

10. What had Joe found in the cave to eat?
(a) mushrooms and snails
(b) beetles and rats
(c) soapstone and snakes
(d) bats and candle wax

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

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

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

14. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?
(a) Friday
(b) Sunday
(c) Saturday
(d) Wednesday

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom's attitude when he first takes the stand?

2. What does Tom and Huck's treasure lead local men to do?

3. Why do Tom and Huck think it's useless to break Muff out of prison?

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

5. How does Polly learn that Tom was lying about his dream?

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