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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wilson with when Tom tries to embarrass him?

2. Why does Tom say the thief might not have been caught?

3. What does Tom use to stab his uncle?

4. Who does Tom go to hoping for a sympathetic ear about his humiliation at the meeting?

5. Why does Tom hate that his uncle did not die in the duel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Tom say to embarrass David Wilson in front of the twins?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Chambers respond to his freedom, and why is this so surprising?

Essay Topic 2

Who were the main suspects for the murder, and what made them such prime suspects?

Essay Topic 3

How does Tom's relationship with Roxana change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

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