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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 wakes Tom the next morning?
(a) Aunt Polly yells at Tom to wake him.
(b) Sid pours water on Tom.
(c) Tom wakes on his own.
(d) Mary shakes Tom awake.

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

3. What does Potter say when he's caught?
(a) He confesses to the killing.
(b) He accuses Injun Joe of committing the murder.
(c) He says that he doesn't remember what happened.
(d) He claims that he didn't kill the doctor.

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

5. What task does Polly give Tom as punishment?
(a) digging trenches in the garden
(b) carrying water buckets
(c) mopping the floor
(d) whitewashing the fence

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom try to do during the sermon?

2. What does Tom "die" of during the game?

3. Where does Becky meet Tom at lunchtime?

4. Who wins the battle?

5. Why does the teacher seat Tom with the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tom realize that Muff Potter cannot tell the true story?

2. What are the boys' reactions to realizing that the townspeople think they're dead?

3. What do Tom and Huck do with their pact after they sign it?

4. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's disappearance?

5. What do the villagers want to do to Injun Joe?

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

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

8. What is Tom and Joe's plan to run away?

9. Describe the analogy between Peter, the cat, and Tom.

10. What does the minister say about the boys at the funeral?

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