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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. Why doesn't Huck want to tell what the boys saw?
(a) He's afraid Injun Joe might kill them.
(b) He's afraid no one will believe them.
(c) He doesn't want to have to testify in court.
(d) He's afraid he'll be arrested.

2. What does Sid do that Tom gets blamed for?
(a) Sid breaks the sugar bowl.
(b) Sid eats all the dessert.
(c) Sid lets the cat out.
(d) Sid hides the napkins.

3. Why do Tom and Huck think it's useless to break Muff out of prison?
(a) They think Injun Joe would kill Muff if he escaped.
(b) They think Muff would refuse to leave.
(c) They think they'd be caught and tried as accessories.
(d) They think he'll just be caught again.

4. What does Tom say that he dreamed?
(a) witnessing the doctor's death at the graveyard
(b) the townspeople on the ferry searching for the boys' bodies
(c) the scene he witnessed when he sneaked over to the house
(d) the scene of him appearing in the church at his funeral

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What person does Tom make up to threaten the stranger with?

2. How does Becky make Tom jealous?

3. What does Tom do when he sees the new girl?

4. What does Tom try to do during the sermon?

5. How does Judge Frazer let Tom down?

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