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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boys' raft?
(a) It sinks during the night.
(b) The current takes it away.
(c) They dock it on the island.
(d) They shove it out into the river.

2. Does Sid believe Tom is sick?
(a) No, he thinks Tom is trying to get him in trouble.
(b) Yes, but he thinks Tom is exaggerating.
(c) Yes, he runs to tell Polly that Tom is dying.
(d) No, he thinks Tom is faking to get out of school.

3. What is the potential consequence Tom heard that the illness could have?
(a) falling into a coma
(b) being paralyzed
(c) losing a finger
(d) needing an operation

4. What source of food do the boys find on the island?
(a) turtle eggs
(b) a fishing pond
(c) peach trees
(d) wild chickens

5. What is Ben Rogers doing when he comes across Tom?
(a) impersonating a steamboat
(b) mimicking a schoolteacher
(c) pretending to be a monkey
(d) imagining he's an airplane

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sid do that Tom gets blamed for?

2. What kind of craft do the townspeople take onto the river to look for the boys?

3. What does Tom answer when the judge asks him who the first two apostles were?

4. What is the object of the game?

5. What does Tom do to try to ease his conscience?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Tom hears while he waits for Huck.

2. How are Sid and Tom different?

3. What is Tom's objection after the initial reaction to the boys' homecoming?

4. What do the boys do after witnessing the murder?

5. What about Tom's behavior at school strikes Sid as strange?

6. What has Mary earned in Sunday School, and what did she have to do to earn it?

7. How does Tom trick Aunt Polly so that he can escape?

8. What does Tom make Becky whisper in his ear?

9. What grievance does Injun Joe have against the doctor?

10. What story does Huck Finn recall to cast doubt on the omen the boys see?

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