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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. What food do Tom and Becky have left from the picnic?
2. What prevented Injun Joe from taking off on Friday?
3. What does Widow Douglas say she will do for Huck?
4. What is found by Injun Joe's body?
5. What is Huck's attitude toward marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Tom and Huck's treasure?
2. Describe what happens in the courtroom during Tom's testimony.
3. Describe the Spaniard.
4. What is Tom's prior experience with the boy he saw Becky with?
5. What is kept in the mysterious room at the tavern?
6. Describe Huck's reaction to living with the Widow Douglas.
7. How does Tom feel when Injun Joe is found dead?
8. What is Tom's approach to finding buried treasure?
9. How does Mrs. Thatcher react as Tuesday comes and Becky is still missing?
10. What happens during Tom's speech on examination day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the structure of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
1) In what ways is the structure of the novel episodic? What does the episodic nature of the novel add to its story?
2) What things does the author keep from the reader to build suspense? How does the author use surprise?
3) How does the structure of the novel follow the stages of Tom's development?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss what creates value and desire in the novel.
1) How does Tom manipulate value and desire to get the other boys to whitewash the fence for him? Why does this work? Is it realistic?
2) Why are Tom and Huck willing to put in hard labor to search for imagined treasure? Why does Tom decide he will stay overnight at the Widow Douglas' house instead of waiting for Huck's signal, when the possible treasure is more immediate and real?
3) Why does Tom feel an intense desire to swear, smoke, chew, and do other forbidden acts while he's a member of the temperance group but loses his desire as soon as he leaves the group?
Essay Topic 3
Huck Finn feels constrained by the Widow Douglas, just as Tom feels constrained by his Sunday shoes. Discuss freedom in the novel, and how freedom conflicts with civilization.
1) What does Huck Finn find constricting about civilization?
2) The boys admire and emulate outlaws. Why do they admire fictional outlaws? How do they feel about the real outlaws in the novel?
3) Tom Sawyer admires Huck for his free lifestyle, and yet at the end of the novel, he convinces Huck to stay with the Widow Douglas. Why does he do this?
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