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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 was spotted leaving the house the night of the murder?
(a) A strange woman.
(b) Angelo.
(c) Tom.
(d) Aunt Pratt.

2. Where does Tom meet with Roxana after she was sold?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) The Haunted House.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Judge's house.

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

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

5. How does Tom decide to handle his humiliation at the meeting?
(a) He tries to shoot him from behind.
(b) He takes it to court.
(c) He challenges for a duel.
(d) He runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom use to stab his uncle?

2. Why does Tom promise to protect Roxana when she runs away?

3. How does Tom go about paying his debts?

4. Why does Tom choose the time he does to commit crimes?

5. Why does Judge Driscoll decide to re-write his will?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Luigi once kill a man?

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

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

8. How does Tom hide his appearance while robbing from his neighbors?

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

10. What does Tom do to make himself feel better after learning the truth about his birth?

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