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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. Who told Tom to return to St. Louis for a time?
(a) Roxana.
(b) Aunt Pratt.
(c) Judge Driscoll.
(d) Wilson.

2. Why do Tom's friends not notice the change in his attitude after he learns the truth of his birth?
(a) He has always been distant and unpleasant.
(b) He has other reasons for being upset.
(c) They ignore all of his unkind words.
(d) They do not spend much time around him.

3. Who is Wilson with when Tom tries to embarrass him?
(a) Aunt Patsy.
(b) The twins.
(c) Judge Driscoll.
(d) Sheriff Cooper.

4. Why does Tom promise to protect Roxana when she runs away?
(a) She threatens to tell the truth about his birth.
(b) She holds him to his earlier promise.
(c) She helped him pay his debts off.
(d) She is his mother.

5. What does Judge Driscoll do to punish Tom when he hears how Tom handled his humiliation at the meeting?
(a) Tears up his will.
(b) Changes his bank account.
(c) Writes him off as an adopted son.
(d) Refuses to pay his debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roxana do to help her son pay his debts?

2. Where does Roxana go after helping her son pay his debts?

3. How does Tom travel to St. Louis?

4. Where does the person with the plan to catch the thief think he will be caught?

5. What room of the house does Judge Driscoll go over his accounts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Luigi once kill a man?

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

3. Why does Roxana tell Tom that she is so sure that Judge Driscoll will not live much longer?

4. What does Judge Driscoll do on Election Day?

5. What happens when Wilson reads Luigi's palm?

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

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

8. How did Roxana escape from the farmer she was sold to?

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

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

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