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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 does Widow Douglas say she will do for Huck?
(a) take care of him and give him money to start in business
(b) get him a fishing boat and equipment to become a fisherman
(c) buy him a house, new clothes, and furniture
(d) put him in her will

2. What food do Tom and Becky have left from the picnic?
(a) bread
(b) chocolate
(c) nothing
(d) cake

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

4. What does Polly say that Tom should have done?
(a) waited until after the funeral to reveal himself
(b) come back home sooner
(c) stayed away longer
(d) come to let her know he was alive

5. What does Huck decide to do when the men come out of No. 2?
(a) follow them
(b) sound an alarm
(c) search No. 2
(d) go find Tom

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom threaten to do if Huck runs away from the Widow Douglas?

2. What does Becky do that she thinks will get her in trouble?

3. Who takes care of Huck when he's ill?

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

5. What speech does Tom make on examination day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the town's reaction after the murder trial?

2. Why does Injun Joe want to harm the Widow Douglas?

3. What does Tom think when he's whipped for ruining his schoolbook?

4. Describe what happens in the courtroom during Tom's testimony.

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

6. What is Tom's prior experience with the boy he saw Becky with?

7. What happens at the Fourth of July celebration?

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

9. What evidence of Becky and Tom do the searchers find in the cave?

10. How does Becky react when she first realizes she and Tom are lost?

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