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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Judge Thatcher's feeling toward Tom?

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

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

5. What does Widow Douglas say she will do for Huck?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Tom think he's found No. 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The force of public opinion affects events in the novel, but public opinion is changeable and fallible. Discuss public opinion in the novel.

1) How does the public's opinion of Muff Potter change over the course of the novel? How does public opinion affect events, Muff's self-image, and Tom and Huck?

2) How does public opinion of Tom change over the course of the novel? What factors effect people's opinions about Tom?

Essay Topic 2

Injun Joe is motivated to murder out of revenge. Discuss Injun Joe's desire for revenge.

1) What has happened to Injun Joe that caused him to seek revenge? Why have these events happened to Injun Joe?

2) What characteristics of Injun Joe's personality lead to him seeking revenge? To what extent is Joe's desire for revenge fueled by his personality, and to what extent is it fueled by how others have treated him?

3) Widow Douglas says of Huck that God's hand is seen in every creature he makes. Is this true of Injun Joe as well?

Essay Topic 3

Tom Sawyer is set in a small town in middle-America in the mid-1800s. Discuss the importance of the setting of Tom Sawyer.

1) How are the qualities of Tom's childhood determined by the setting?

2) What type of independence does the setting allow Tom? What types of constraints does the setting put on Tom?

3) How might Tom's childhood be different in a different location or time?

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