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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 does Tom threaten to do if Huck runs away from the Widow Douglas?
2. Who takes care of Huck when he's ill?
3. What disconcerts Becky when Tom shouts to the other picnickers?
4. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?
5. What does Huck say he'd do with treasure?
Short Essay Questions
1. What evidence of Becky and Tom do the searchers find in the cave?
2. What is Tom's prior experience with the boy he saw Becky with?
3. What happens at the Fourth of July celebration?
4. What happens during Tom's speech on examination day?
5. What good deed does Tom do for Becky?
6. How does Tom treat Amy Lawrence when he comes back to school?
7. What is the town's reaction after the murder trial?
8. Describe the Spaniard.
9. Describe Huck's reaction to living with the Widow Douglas.
10. Why does Injun Joe want to harm the Widow Douglas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
As the author says, the story of Tom Sawyer is the story of a boy, and at the end of the story, he is on his way to manhood. Describe how The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a coming of age story. What are the qualities of boyhood in Tom during the story? What are the qualities that make a person adult in the story? What steps does Tom take toward adulthood? How much further does Tom have to go toward adulthood at the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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