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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the cave opening shaped like?
(a) a big circle
(b) a thin tree branch
(c) a keyhole
(d) the letter A
2. How does Polly learn that Tom was lying about his dream?
(a) Joe's mother tells Polly the truth.
(b) Huck tells Polly the truth.
(c) Joe tells Polly the truth.
(d) Sid finds out what happened and tells on Tom.
3. What is found by Injun Joe's body?
(a) a knife with a broken blade
(b) a stick warn down and broken
(c) a piece of yellow paper with strange markings
(d) a gold coin with a word etched into it
4. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?
(a) Saturday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Sunday
(d) Friday
5. What happens to Injun Joe's accomplice?
(a) His body is found in the river, likely drowned.
(b) He is captured but hangs himself in the jail.
(c) He is found with his neck broken outside of town.
(d) He is found stabbed to death in the haunted house.
6. By Monday morning, what do the men searching the cave send word to town for?
(a) water and rope
(b) candles and food
(c) horses and blankets
(d) shovels and picks
7. How far away from the cave entrance are Becky and Tom when they emerge?
(a) five miles
(b) 50 feet
(c) ten miles
(d) three miles
8. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?
(a) to be an actor
(b) to be a lawyer
(c) to be the mayor
(d) to be a doctor
9. What makes Aunt Polly able to forgive Tom anything?
(a) Tom tells her that the only reason he came back was to stop her from grieving.
(b) She remembers how she felt when she thought Tom was dead.
(c) Joe tells her that Tom was the one that convinced them to come back.
(d) She discovers the note in his jacket, so she knows he wasn't lying.
10. What do Tom and Huck do instead of going to the haunted house?
(a) slingshot target practice
(b) play Robin Hood
(c) make their own treasure maps
(d) fish in the river
11. What is Judge Thatcher's feeling toward Tom?
(a) annoyance
(b) anger
(c) admiration
(d) jealousy
12. 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.
13. Why does Tom say they need to stop and wait by the water?
(a) No one will find them if they keep moving around.
(b) They've nearly run out of candles.
(c) There's only one source of water in the cave.
(d) He's afraid of getting even more lost.
14. Does Huck tell the Welshman the Spaniard's true identity?
(a) No, but Huck is sorely tempted to tell the truth.
(b) Yes, but only after much prompting and promising to protect Huck.
(c) Yes, Huck tells him right away.
(d) No, Huck never thinks about giving away the secret.
15. Why does Tom blow out Becky's candle?
(a) on accident, while he is blowing a bug away
(b) to save their candles for the future
(c) to scare Becky with the darkness
(d) to stop Becky from starting a fire
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the first friend who agrees to go hunting for treasure with Tom?
2. What does the Welshman find where the two criminals were standing outside Widow Douglas' house?
3. How does Becky make Tom jealous?
4. What is Tom's attitude when he first takes the stand?
5. Before the trial, does any of the town gossip speculate that Muff Potter is innocent?
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