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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 disconcerts Becky when Tom shouts to the other picnickers?
(a) the lack of response
(b) how high Tom's voice is
(c) the sound of the echo
(d) the sound of bats flying off

2. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?
(a) to be the mayor
(b) to be an actor
(c) to be a doctor
(d) to be a lawyer

3. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom didn't want Sid and Mary to find out he was alive.
(b) Tom didn't want to betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.
(c) Tom thought Polly would be angry if she knew he'd been to the house.
(d) Tom didn't want to spoil the effect of appearing at the funeral.

4. What dampens Tom's expectations of a night at Widow Douglas'?
(a) He thinks Becky might disapprove of him.
(b) He is afraid Injun Joe might find him.
(c) He thinks Huck might give him the signal that night.
(d) He expects his aunt will find out where he's been.

5. Why does Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?
(a) He's decided to turn over a new leaf.
(b) He wants to impress Becky.
(c) He likes their uniforms.
(d) His aunt makes him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Tom give Becky for his shout, when he sees Injun Joe?

2. Why does Tom blow out Becky's candle?

3. What is found by Injun Joe's body?

4. Who is the first friend who agrees to go hunting for treasure with Tom?

5. What does the Welshman find where the two criminals were standing outside Widow Douglas' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom treat Amy Lawrence when he comes back to school?

2. What does Tom say that people often find that leads them to a buried treasure?

3. Describe the Spaniard.

4. What happens at the Fourth of July celebration?

5. Describe what happens the first time Becky goes to sleep in the cave.

6. Describe Huck's reaction to living with the Widow Douglas.

7. What good deed does Tom do for Becky?

8. How does Tom feel when Injun Joe is found dead?

9. What is kept in the mysterious room at the tavern?

10. How does Mrs. Thatcher react as Tuesday comes and Becky is still missing?

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