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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 is the only thing that gives Tom pleasure after learning the truth of his birth?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Sleeping.

2. What does Roxana do to help her son pay his debts?
(a) Gives him back her part of the inheritance.
(b) Sells her home.
(c) Allows herself to be sold as a slave.
(d) Gives him her precious ring.

3. Who does Tom go to hoping for a sympathetic ear about his humiliation at the meeting?
(a) Roxana.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Aunt Pratt.
(d) Chambers.

4. Who took the item from the twins?
(a) Tom.
(b) Roxana.
(c) Judge Driscoll.
(d) Chambers.

5. Why does Tom say the thief might not have been caught?
(a) The thief doesn't exist.
(b) All of these.
(c) The knife wasn't stolen.
(d) The knife doesn't exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major difference between the twins is shown when they join the meeting for a group to legalize something in town?

2. What does Tom use to stab his uncle?

3. Who runs into the house after the Judge is stabbed?

4. Who tells Wilson about the duel?

5. How does Tom feel about himself after learning the truth of his birth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Judge Driscoll do on Election Day?

4. What does Luigi plan to do in response to what Judge Driscoll said on election day, and why doesn't he?

5. Why does Tom tell Wilson he thinks his plan has not worked to catch the thief?

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

7. How does Judge Driscoll respond to the news that his nephew was humiliated at the meeting?

8. How does Wilson respond to the idea that Tom gives about why his plan hasn't worked to catch the thief?

9. Why does Roxana want Tom to go to St. Louis?

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

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