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

2. What is the cave opening shaped like?
(a) a big circle
(b) a keyhole
(c) the letter A
(d) a thin tree branch

3. What is Muff Potter's reaction when Tom is called as a witness?
(a) surprise
(b) anger
(c) sorrow
(d) terror

4. What prevented Injun Joe from taking off on Friday?
(a) Injun Joe needs extra cash before he can leave.
(b) Injun Joe needs a map of the river before he can leave.
(c) The sheriff still searching for Injun Joe for murder.
(d) Tom and Huck playing in view of the haunted house.

5. How far away from the cave entrance are Becky and Tom when they emerge?
(a) three miles
(b) 50 feet
(c) five miles
(d) ten miles

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say the Widow Douglas has for children?

2. Why does Tom say robbers fail to come get their treasures?

3. What color is the schoolmaster's bald head, when the pranksters cause a cat to snatch his wig away?

4. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?

5. What dampens Tom's expectations of a night at Widow Douglas'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good deed does Tom do for Becky?

2. What is Tom's approach to finding buried treasure?

3. Does the Welshman take credit for saving Widow Douglas?

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

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

6. What happens to Tom and Huck's treasure?

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

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

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

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

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