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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom answer when the judge asks him who the first two apostles were?
(a) Peter and Paul
(b) Mary and Joseph
(c) David and Goliath
(d) Abraham and Isaac

2. At first, what does Potter think gave him away?
(a) Potter thinks Injun Joe has accused him.
(b) Potter thinks his footprints were found at the graveyard.
(c) Potter thinks the doctor has recovered and accused him.
(d) Potter thinks someone saw him running from the scene.

3. What do Tom and Huck take as an omen that they will die?
(a) a fox eating a rat
(b) a stray dog howling
(c) a black cat yowling
(d) an owl's cry

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

5. What witness comes forward against Muff Potter?
(a) A man who saw Potter washing in a stream in the early hours.
(b) A man who identified Potter as buying the murder weapon.
(c) A man who saw Potter meeting secretively with the doctor.
(d) A man who heard Potter threaten the doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Potter say when he's caught?

2. What does the schoolmaster do after learning of the news?

3. What does Tom do to try to ease his conscience?

4. What has Tom been eating that he wasn't supposed to eat?

5. What do the three men have with them?

(see the answer key)

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