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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. Where does Tom sneak off to during the night on the island?
(a) Aunt Polly's house
(b) the town hall
(c) Joe's house
(d) the schoolhouse

2. What kind of craft do the townspeople take onto the river to look for the boys?
(a) a sloop
(b) a barge
(c) a ferryboat
(d) a rowboat

3. What do Joe and Tom feel guilty about?
(a) keeping secrets from their parents
(b) taking the raft
(c) stealing food from their homes
(d) robbing a boat on the river

4. What does Potter say when he's caught?
(a) He claims that he didn't kill the doctor.
(b) He confesses to the killing.
(c) He accuses Injun Joe of committing the murder.
(d) He says that he doesn't remember what happened.

5. Who breaks the rules of the game?
(a) Joe, by smashing the tick
(b) Joe, by dropping the tick on the floor
(c) Tom, by playing with the tick during Joe's turn
(d) Tom, by letting the tick out the window

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the potential consequence Tom heard that the illness could have?

2. What does Tom trade his tooth for?

3. Why doesn't Huck want to tell what the boys saw?

4. What animal gets into a conflict with the bug Tom has brought into church?

5. Who do the boys find sleeping in their hideout?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Tom draws on his slate for Becky.

2. What does Tom tutor Becky in when they meet surreptitiously during lunch?

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

4. What do the boys do after witnessing the murder?

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

6. What has Mary earned in Sunday School, and what did she have to do to earn it?

7. Describe the analogy between Peter, the cat, and Tom.

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

9. Describe some of the ways Tom and Huck discuss to remove warts.

10. What is Tom's objection after the initial reaction to the boys' homecoming?

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