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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. Why does Tom Sawyer say "H'aint ever done you no harm"?
(a) He thinks Huck is a ghost come to haunt him.
(b) He thinks Huck is about to assault him.
(c) He thinks Huck is about to steal his horse.
(d) He fears Huck will blackmail him about Jim.

2. How had Tom planned to compensate Jim for the problems he caused him?
(a) To organize a concert in his honor.
(b) To give him a job scouting in Indian territory.
(c) To buy a house for him, his wife and children.
(d) To have further river adventures and have a brass band procession.

3. Why is Jim initially confused about getting a coat-of-arms?
(a) He thinks he might have to pay for it.
(b) He thinks it's clothing.
(c) He already has one.
(d) He doesn't believe people should bear arms.

4. What is the slave guard afraid of?
(a) Jim.
(b) Being deprived of food.
(c) Silas Phelps.
(d) Witches.

5. How many mottoes does Tom devise for Jim's coat-of-arms?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character leaves the raft to check out Pikesville?

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

3. For what reason is Peter Wilks' body to be exhumed?

4. Who is the stranger from Hicksville?

5. The doctor uses the word "singular." In the context, what does this word mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to expose the King's lie about his arrival in the town?

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

3. What precautions are taken in the Phelps household after the notes are received?

4. How does Huck feel when he glimpses the King and the Duke rowing fast towards the raft in Chapter 29?

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

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

7. How does Aunt Sally respond to Huck's information about the way the boys entered and exited via the lightning rod?

8. By Chapter 38, what is Jim's attitude to the efforts being made on his behalf?

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

10. Who is made a scapegoat in the matter of the spoons and the rats?

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