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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 do the boys expect to happen when Injun Joe lies about the murder?
(a) They expect lightning to strike him down.
(b) They expect Joe to break down and confess.
(c) They expect the sheriff to realize Joe is lying.
(d) They expect Potter to remember what happened.

2. Why doesn't Huck want to tell what the boys saw?
(a) He's afraid no one will believe them.
(b) He's afraid he'll be arrested.
(c) He doesn't want to have to testify in court.
(d) He's afraid Injun Joe might kill them.

3. What do Joe and Tom feel guilty about?
(a) taking the raft
(b) robbing a boat on the river
(c) stealing food from their homes
(d) keeping secrets from their parents

4. Where has Tom heard of the ailment he fakes?
(a) in a book
(b) from a teacher
(c) from a friend at school
(d) from a doctor

5. What noise does Tom make out the window, before climbing down?
(a) a dog's yowl
(b) a crow's caw
(c) a cat's meow
(d) a coyote's howl

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys eat for breakfast after running away?

2. What does the new girl throw to Tom?

3. What tonic does Aunt Polly give Tom to bring him out of his depressed mood?

4. What is the potential consequence Tom heard that the illness could have?

5. What has Tom been eating that he wasn't supposed to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tom talks and is restless in his sleep, how is his behavior explained?

2. What does Sid do to try to hear what Tom is saying in his sleep?

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

4. Describe Amy Lawrence's reactions during Sunday School.

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. Describe Tom's high spirits at suppertime.

8. What does Tom tutor Becky in when they meet surreptitiously during lunch?

9. Describe the reaction to the Sunday School visitors.

10. How does Tom find his lost marble?

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