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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the three men have with them?
(a) a trunk, a shovel, and a pick
(b) a wheelbarrow, rope, and a shovel
(c) a wagon, spades, and a black bag
(d) rope, a pulley, and a black bag

2. Who wins the battle?
(a) Joe's army wins
(b) Ben's army wins
(c) Sid's army wins
(d) Tom's army wins

3. What is Tom's reaction to his bath?
(a) Tom sings loudly and out of key in the bath.
(b) Tom hates taking a bath and tries to only pretend to take one.
(c) Tom procrastinates in the bath, playing sailor.
(d) Tom goes to sleep in the bath because he's bored.

4. Where does Aunt Polly find Tom?
(a) beneath the covers
(b) in the outhouse
(c) in a closet
(d) behind a tree

5. How long does it take the boys to get to the cemetery?
(a) an hour and a half
(b) five minutes
(c) an hour
(d) a half hour

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom steal as he goes out to play after whitewashing the fence?

2. What does Tom "die" of during the game?

3. What does Sid do that Tom gets blamed for?

4. How does Huck sign his name?

5. What wakes Tom the next morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Aunt Polly's dilemma in punishing Tom.

2. How does Tom trick other boys into doing his work for him?

3. What about Tom's behavior at school strikes Sid as strange?

4. How does Tom trick Aunt Polly so that he can escape?

5. Describe the graveyard.

6. What does Tom make Becky whisper in his ear?

7. What mistake does Tom make that gives away to Polly that he played hooky?

8. Describe Polly's reaction when Tom says he's done with the whitewashing.

9. What does the minister say about the boys at the funeral?

10. What is Aunt Polly's reaction to Tom's disappearance?

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