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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does news of the murder travel through the town?
(a) by word of mouth
(b) by the mayor's announcement
(c) by the newspaper
(d) by telegraph

2. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's professed illness?
(a) She scolds him for lying.
(b) She spanks him.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She takes him to the doctor.

3. What speech does Tom make on examination day?
(a) the Sermon on the Mount
(b) the Gettysburg Address
(c) Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
(d) Washington's Farewell Address

4. Before the trial, does any of the town gossip speculate that Muff Potter is innocent?
(a) Yes, a few people won't believe that Muff is a killer.
(b) No, but many people find it hard to believe Muff is a murderer.
(c) No, everyone in town thinks Muff is a murderer.
(d) Yes, a large number of people are skeptical that Muff is a murderer.

5. During the trial, what does the defense attorney ask the witness who saw Muff Potter washing at a creek?
(a) whether he wears glasses
(b) how he could recognize Muff from so far away
(c) nothing
(d) how he could recognize Muff in the dark

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Huck tell Tom is bound to happen if the doctor is dead?

2. What does Sid do that Tom gets blamed for?

3. What wakes Tom the next morning?

4. What color is the schoolmaster's bald head, when the pranksters cause a cat to snatch his wig away?

5. What does Tom take out of his pocket during church?

(see the answer key)

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