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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 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

2. What does Tom do that makes Becky cry?
(a) He mentions his old girlfriend.
(b) He says he doesn't like her hair.
(c) He says something bad about her cousin.
(d) He says he doesn't like her dress.

3. Who does Tom meet on his way to school?
(a) Amy Lawrence
(b) Huckleberry Finn
(c) Jeff Thatcher
(d) Joe Harper

4. What animal gets into a conflict with the bug Tom has brought into church?
(a) a piglet
(b) a poodle
(c) a canary
(d) a cat

5. What do the three men have with them?
(a) a trunk, a shovel, and a pick
(b) rope, a pulley, and a black bag
(c) a wheelbarrow, rope, and a shovel
(d) a wagon, spades, and a black bag

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the boys realize they're mistaken about the omen?

2. Who has earned the most rewards in Tom's Sunday School?

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

4. Does Tom leave Aunt Polly his note?

5. What does the preacher do at the funeral service?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Tom and Huck agree to meet next?

2. How does Tom trick other boys into doing his work for him?

3. Describe Polly's reaction when Tom says he's done with the whitewashing.

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

5. Describe some of the ways Tom and Huck discuss to remove warts.

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

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

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

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

10. How does Tom find his lost marble?

(see the answer keys)

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