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

2. Which character leaves the raft to check out Pikesville?
(a) The King.
(b) The Duke.
(c) Jim.
(d) Huck.

3. What distance has Aunt Polly traveled to check up on Tom?
(a) Eleven miles.
(b) Eleven hundred miles.
(c) Two hundred miles.
(d) Five hundred miles.

4. How do Huck and Tom exit the house in Chapter 36?
(a) Through the storm cellar.
(b) Through the front window.
(c) Out the back door.
(d) Down the lightning rod.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls out of Uncle Silas's hat?

2. With the case-knives not working, what does Tom then choose for digging tools?

3. Why is Jim initially confused about getting a coat-of-arms?

4. Where does Huck hide the raft in Chapter 31?

5. What prevents Jim from being hanged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What human vice ironically provides the means for Huck and the con men to escape after the Wilks fraud?

2. How has the situation escalated by Chapter 40?

3. Account for the way the townspeople now view Jim as some sort of lunatic in Chapter 41.

4. How does Tom overreach himself in his elaborate construction of fantasy in Chapter 39?

5. Is there any way in which Tom Sawyer's character appears a little unpleasant at this point in the novel (by Chapter 35)?

6. In what way does the opening paragraph of Chapter 31 foreshadow following events?

7. How do the events of Chapter 37 continue to sustain Twain's satirical purpose?

8. Comment on the way in which Tom and Huck confuse the slave who is guarding Jim.

9. What final absurdity does Tom attempt in Chapter 40?

10. What steps in Huck's journey to maturity are dealt with Chapter 31?

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