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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't Tom Sawyer like about Huck's plan for releasing Jim?
(a) It is too complicated.
(b) It is too simple.
(c) It will result in too much noise.
(d) It is dangerous.

2. What 'relict' do the boys procure from the garret in Chapter 37?
(a) A strong-box.
(b) A silver candlestick.
(c) A brass warming pan.
(d) An iron pot.

3. Why does Huck dress as a servant girl?
(a) Tom persuades him that the anonymous letters must be delivered by a servant girl.
(b) Tom persuades him to adopt this disguise to spy out information in the village.
(c) The clothing won't fit Tom himself.
(d) So that he won't be noticed as he delivers letters.

4. At what point do Huck and Tom enter Jim's cabin?
(a) In front of the door.
(b) At the foot of Jim's bed.
(c) Beside the fireplace.
(d) Under his bed.

5. What is Mrs. Hotchkiss's opinion of Jim?
(a) That he is crazy.
(b) That he is bad-tempered.
(c) That he is an interesting character.
(d) That he is intelligent.

6. How does Tom arrive back at the Phelps farm in Chapter 42?
(a) In a cart.
(b) On horseback.
(c) Carried on a mattress.
(d) In a wheelchair.

7. Who is Aunt Sally's sister?
(a) Huck's aunt.
(b) Tom's mother.
(c) Miss Wilks.
(d) Miss Watson.

8. In Chapter 32, who does Huck say gave him breakfast?
(a) A nearby farmer.
(b) A generous passenger on the steamboat.
(c) The steamboat Captain.
(d) A lady at the steamboat landing.

9. Why can't Tom get back up the lightning rod?
(a) There's danger he might be seen.
(b) His hands are too sore.
(c) Huck broke it.
(d) The lightning rod is cold and slippery.

10. What kind of enterprise does the Phelps family have?
(a) A hog farm.
(b) They run cattle.
(c) A chicken farm.
(d) A cotton plantation.

11. What prevents Jim from being hanged?
(a) Pleas from Huck and Tom.
(b) Financial considerations - they'd have to pay his owner for him.
(c) Convenience.
(d) Compassion.

12. Why does Huck think he has no money left?
(a) Judge Thatcher has not invested it wisely.
(b) He's had to pay for damage to the steam-boat that ran over the raft.
(c) He imagines his father has obtained the money from Judge Thatcher and spent it all on drink.
(d) His father has probably stolen it.

13. Why is Jim lavishly fussed over by the aunts?
(a) They want to make up for all Jim's unnecessary tribulations.
(b) They haven't met a freed slave before.
(c) They discover how wonderful Jim was in helping the doctor care for Tom.
(d) They don't want him to think badly of them.

14. Who built Silas Phelps' church?
(a) He raised money in the village.
(b) He built it himself.
(c) He had the building floated in from Baton Rouge.
(d) He obtained funds from the Unitarians.

15. According to Tom, how long did the Marseilles prisoner take to dig out, and where did he emerge?
(a) Two hours to dig through to the prison kitchen.
(b) Thirty-seven years to dig in a circle around the prison and arrive where he started.
(c) Thirty-seven years to dig his way to China.
(d) Thirty-nine years to dig his way to China.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the list below, select the set of character traits Tom Sawyer is shown to have, as shown in Chapter 34.

2. Where does Tom leave an anonymous letter?

3. How did the King obtain the money to get drunk?

4. How does Huck explain Tom's wound to the doctor in Chapter 41?

5. Which animal does Tom suggest Jim might tame?

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