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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 serves as a field for their tick game?
(a) Joe's shoe
(b) Joe's slate
(c) Tom's sleeve
(d) Tom's desk

2. Does Tom leave Aunt Polly his note?
(a) No, he changes his mind at the last minute.
(b) No, he never planned to give Polly a note.
(c) Yes, he leaves the note by the bedside, but the wind blows it away.
(d) Yes, he leaves the note on her bed.

3. What does Tom write the pact between the boys on?
(a) a flat rock
(b) a piece of his shirt
(c) a pine shingle
(d) a gum wrapper

4. What role do Tom and Joe Harper take in the battle?
(a) allied generals
(b) general and president
(c) opposing generals
(d) general and lieutenant

5. How does Tom wake Sid?
(a) Tom pushes Sid out of bed.
(b) Tom shakes Sid and calls his name.
(c) Tom's moaning wakes Sid.
(d) Tom splashes water on Sid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Becky wish she had?

2. What witness comes forward against Muff Potter?

3. Who wins the battle?

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

5. What does Muff leave behind?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe what Tom draws on his slate for Becky.

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

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

7. What mistake does Tom make that gives away to Polly that he played hooky?

8. Why does Tom confess that he stopped to talk with Huckleberry Finn on the way to school?

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

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

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