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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 happens to the things Tom takes with him to St. Louis?
(a) They are destroyed.
(b) They are discredited.
(c) They are stolen.
(d) They are lost.

2. What does Tom use to stab his uncle?
(a) The twins' knife.
(b) A pen knife.
(c) The fire poker.
(d) A letter opener.

3. How does Tom feel about himself after learning the truth of his birth?
(a) Angry.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Amused.
(d) Lucky.

4. Why does Tom tell his uncle he did not challenge Luigi to a duel?
(a) He has no training with a gun.
(b) He did not want his aunts to mourn.
(c) He wanted to be peaceable.
(d) He was afraid to face a murderer.

5. What was stolen from the twins?
(a) A ring.
(b) A map.
(c) A bag of coins.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roxana disguise herself as when she runs away after being sold?

2. Who becomes mayor on Election Day?

3. What does Roxana make Tom promise to do in a year's time after she helps him pay his debts?

4. What is a group in town trying to legalize?

5. Who first told Tom about Roxana's escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Tom tried to steal money from his uncle?

2. What does the Judge plan to do with the information Tom gives him about the twins?

3. When does Tom steal from his neighbors' houses and why?

4. What does Roxana make Tom promise to do before he goes to St. Louis after the duel?

5. Why does Tom tell Judge Driscoll he did not challenge Luigi to a duel?

6. What did Roxana threaten to do if Tom tried to send her back to the farm?

7. Why did Luigi once kill a man?

8. What happens when Tom rides to St. Louis to pay part of his gambling debt?

9. Why are the twins accused of murdering Judge Driscoll?

10. How did Tom decide to settle his humiliation during the meeting?

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