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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 Tom and Huck's treasure lead local men to do?
(a) dig up under every local tree
(b) dig out the whole cave
(c) dig up every haunt of Injun Joe's
(d) tear up haunted houses

2. What speech does Tom make on examination day?
(a) Washington's Farewell Address
(b) Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
(c) the Gettysburg Address
(d) the Sermon on the Mount

3. Why does Tom blow out Becky's candle?
(a) on accident, while he is blowing a bug away
(b) to stop Becky from starting a fire
(c) to save their candles for the future
(d) to scare Becky with the darkness

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

5. What does Becky do that she thinks will get her in trouble?
(a) She writes on her desk and then finds that it won't come off.
(b) She accidentally tears a page of the teacher's book.
(c) She throws a stone at Tom, and it goes through the schoolroom window.
(d) She breaks the lock on the teacher's desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom fear whenever someone gossips to him about the murder?

2. What makes Aunt Polly able to forgive Tom anything?

3. What is the cave opening shaped like?

4. What disconcerts Becky when Tom shouts to the other picnickers?

5. What does Tom see that shows him the way out of the cave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens during Tom's speech on examination day?

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

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

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

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

10. What good deed does Tom do for Becky?

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