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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. How do Tom's aunts treat him?
(a) They commonly forget about him.
(b) They are harsh with discipline.
(c) They smother him with affection.
(d) They are kind but distant.

2. How does the Tom treat the slave boy as they grow up?
(a) With brotherly affection.
(b) With kindness.
(c) With disdain.
(d) With protection.

3. What river runs by the town in this book?
(a) The Missouri River.
(b) The Green River.
(c) The Snake River.
(d) The Mississippi River.

4. Who comes to stay with Aunt Patsy?
(a) Some cousins.
(b) Some twin brothers.
(c) Two singers.
(d) Her nephews.

5. Why does Roxana's baby not look like a slave?
(a) He is fair skinned.
(b) He has light hair.
(c) He was raised in a white household.
(d) His father was white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Roxana get all dressed up when she gets worried?

2. How does Tom get high debts?

3. What does Tom do that disappoints Judge Driscoll?

4. How many slaves come forward with information of who committed the crime?

5. How much money does Tom give Roxana when she finds him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roxana become worried about after the trial for the slaves involved in the theft?

2. What happened to most of Judge Driscoll's nieces and nephews?

3. What does Roxana say when she meets with Tom in the haunted house?

4. What caused Tom to get cut out of Judge Driscoll's will the first time?

5. What happens to Tom when Percy dies?

6. What does Wilson decide to do when he sees that having a law practice will not be possible in the new town?

7. What does Judge Driscoll do when the Italian twins come to town?

8. What makes Aunt Patsy something of a celebrity in the town?

9. What does Roxana worry about after completing her plan to give her son a good life, and what happens?

10. Why does Tom have such few friends after his college experience?

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