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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 time is it, when Tom thinks it must be dawn while he is waiting to meet Huck?
(a) eleven o'clock
(b) nine o'clock
(c) ten o'clock
(d) twelve o'clock

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

3. What has Tom been eating that he wasn't supposed to eat?
(a) chocolate
(b) jam
(c) cookies
(d) pie

4. What does Tom decide to run away to become?
(a) an acrobat
(b) an actor
(c) a pirate
(d) a statesman

5. Where are the boys during their funeral?
(a) under the altar
(b) in the basement store room
(c) behind the last row of pews
(d) in the unused gallery

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, what does Potter think gave him away?

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

3. What animal gets into a conflict with the bug Tom has brought into church?

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

5. What does Tom trade his tooth for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aunt Polly's dilemma in punishing Tom.

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

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

4. How are Sid and Tom different?

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

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

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

8. Describe Tom's high spirits at suppertime.

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

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

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