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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tom join the Cadets of Temperance?
(a) He's decided to turn over a new leaf.
(b) He wants to impress Becky.
(c) He likes their uniforms.
(d) His aunt makes him.

2. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?
(a) He sneaks into Tom's house and breaks dishes.
(b) He pours ink on Tom's spelling book.
(c) He stops Tom on the street and fights him.
(d) He tears up Tom's math book.

3. What is Tom's attitude when he first takes the stand?
(a) sullen
(b) frightened
(c) angry
(d) showing off

4. What color is the schoolmaster's bald head, when the pranksters cause a cat to snatch his wig away?
(a) red
(b) black
(c) gold
(d) blue

5. 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 they'd be caught and tried as accessories.
(c) They think he'll just be caught again.
(d) They think Muff would refuse to leave.

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

7. How long does Tom have to stay after school?
(a) one hour
(b) half an hour
(c) forty-five minutes
(d) two hours

8. What does the Welshman find where the two criminals were standing outside Widow Douglas' house?
(a) a gold coin
(b) burglar's tools
(c) Injun Joe's eye patch
(d) a heavy club

9. What does Polly say that Tom should have done?
(a) stayed away longer
(b) come to let her know he was alive
(c) waited until after the funeral to reveal himself
(d) come back home sooner

10. Who is the first friend who agrees to go hunting for treasure with Tom?
(a) Joe Harper
(b) Ben Rogers
(c) Jeff Thatcher
(d) Huck Finn

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

12. Where does Joe tell his partner he plans on running after the "dangerous" job?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Texas
(c) Arkansas
(d) Alabama

13. What had Joe found in the cave to eat?
(a) bats and candle wax
(b) soapstone and snakes
(c) mushrooms and snails
(d) beetles and rats

14. What makes Aunt Polly able to forgive Tom anything?
(a) Joe tells her that Tom was the one that convinced them to come back.
(b) Tom tells her that the only reason he came back was to stop her from grieving.
(c) She remembers how she felt when she thought Tom was dead.
(d) She discovers the note in his jacket, so she knows he wasn't lying.

15. What food do Tom and Becky have left from the picnic?
(a) cake
(b) bread
(c) nothing
(d) chocolate

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Tom give Becky for his shout, when he sees Injun Joe?

2. What does Tom dump onto the table?

3. Who tells Tom that the Welshman is going to announce Huck's role in saving the Widow Douglas?

4. What was the schoolmaster's unfulfilled goal?

5. What does Tom find in No. 2?

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