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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the boys get to shore from their island?
(a) They swam against the current.
(b) They paddled using a log.
(c) They made a raft.
(d) They stole a skiff.

2. What is Judge Thatcher's feeling toward Tom?
(a) jealousy
(b) admiration
(c) annoyance
(d) anger

3. Who takes care of Huck when he's ill?
(a) Widow Douglas
(b) Aunt Polly
(c) the Welshman
(d) Huck's father

4. What happens to Injun Joe's accomplice?
(a) He is found with his neck broken outside of town.
(b) His body is found in the river, likely drowned.
(c) He is found stabbed to death in the haunted house.
(d) He is captured but hangs himself in the jail.

5. What reason does Tom give Becky for his shout, when he sees Injun Joe?
(a) He says he wanted to hear the echo.
(b) He says he shouted for luck.
(c) He says he was scared by a bat.
(d) He says he thought he saw a searcher.

6. How does Tom react to Becky when he goes back to school?
(a) He follows her everywhere.
(b) He shows off for her.
(c) He asks her to forgive him.
(d) He ignores her.

7. What is Muff Potter's reaction when Tom is called as a witness?
(a) anger
(b) surprise
(c) sorrow
(d) terror

8. What is the cave opening shaped like?
(a) a big circle
(b) the letter A
(c) a thin tree branch
(d) a keyhole

9. What reason does Tom give for not letting Polly know he was alive?
(a) Tom didn't want to spoil the effect of appearing at the funeral.
(b) Tom didn't want Sid and Mary to find out he was alive.
(c) Tom didn't want to betray his fellow pirates, Joe and Huck.
(d) Tom thought Polly would be angry if she knew he'd been to the house.

10. Why does Tom not want to go back through the caves the way he and Becky came?
(a) He thinks he can't fit back through an entryway they came through.
(b) He wants to stay out longer with Becky.
(c) He's afraid bats will put out their candles.
(d) He thinks there are ghosts in one of the cave's rooms.

11. What does Tom fear whenever someone gossips to him about the murder?
(a) He fears the doctor's ghost will rise up.
(b) He fears the person is hinting Tom knows something.
(c) He fears Muff Potter will not be convicted.
(d) He fears he will be accused of the murder.

12. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?
(a) to be an actor
(b) to be a doctor
(c) to be a lawyer
(d) to be the mayor

13. What does Tom threaten to do if Huck runs away from the Widow Douglas?
(a) not allow Huck to be in his gang
(b) tell where Huck's hideout is
(c) confiscate Huck's half of the treasure
(d) put a hex on Huck

14. Who tells Tom that the Welshman is going to announce Huck's role in saving the Widow Douglas?
(a) Mary
(b) Sid
(c) Joe
(d) Aunt Polly

15. What do Tom and Huck do instead of going to the haunted house?
(a) fish in the river
(b) play Robin Hood
(c) slingshot target practice
(d) make their own treasure maps

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Becky make Tom jealous?

2. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?

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

4. Does Huck tell the Welshman the Spaniard's true identity?

5. What speech does Tom make on examination day?

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