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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Jim?
(a) Tom's friend from school
(b) a runaway who lives in the woods
(c) Tom's half-brother
(d) a black boy who works at the house
2. What does the sheriff say about catching Muff Potter?
(a) He thinks they will find Potter dead.
(b) He is confident about finding Potter within the week.
(c) He is confident about finding Potter before dark.
(d) He is sure Potter has escaped.
3. Who does Tom meet on his way to school?
(a) Joe Harper
(b) Huckleberry Finn
(c) Amy Lawrence
(d) Jeff Thatcher
4. What do the boys eat for breakfast after running away?
(a) apples and bread
(b) dry crackers
(c) cheese and stolen eggs
(d) bacon and fish
5. What is the object of the game?
(a) to keep the tick moving
(b) to move the tick to the other side
(c) to move the tick in a perfect circle
(d) to keep the tick on the player's side
6. What wakes Tom the next morning?
(a) Tom wakes on his own.
(b) Sid pours water on Tom.
(c) Aunt Polly yells at Tom to wake him.
(d) Mary shakes Tom awake.
7. What does Tom steal as he goes out to play after whitewashing the fence?
(a) a peach
(b) a doughnut
(c) a cookie
(d) some jam
8. What does the preacher do at the funeral service?
(a) faints
(b) laughs
(c) cries
(d) gets angry
9. Who does Tom give a dose of tonic to?
(a) the cat
(b) Sid
(c) Aunt Polly
(d) Mary
10. What happens to the boys' raft?
(a) It sinks during the night.
(b) They shove it out into the river.
(c) The current takes it away.
(d) They dock it on the island.
11. What does Tom give to Becky?
(a) a peach
(b) an orange
(c) an apple
(d) a pear
12. What does Tom do when he sees the new girl?
(a) Tom pretends to ignore her.
(b) Tom shows off by doing tricks on the sidewalk.
(c) Tom asks him to play with the boys in the woods.
(d) Tom pulls her out of the window and runs down to the river with her.
13. What does the new girl throw to Tom?
(a) a rose
(b) a daisy
(c) a pansy
(d) a carnation
14. What do the men fight over?
(a) who is doing the most work
(b) money
(c) if the doctor will turn them in
(d) how long their task is taking
15. What does the schoolmaster do after learning of the news?
(a) He leaves school but makes the teachers continue working.
(b) He closes the school for the day.
(c) He gives the classes a ten minute mourning period.
(d) He holds a school assembly.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Huck tell Tom is bound to happen if the doctor is dead?
2. How does Huck sign his name?
3. What do Tom and Huck take as an omen that they will die?
4. Where does Becky meet Tom at lunchtime?
5. What is Tom's reaction to his bath?
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