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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 go to be alone?
(a) a log raft in the river
(b) a field out by the fishing pond
(c) an empty cabin in the woods
(d) a crawlspace under the school

2. Who does Tom give a dose of tonic to?
(a) Sid
(b) Aunt Polly
(c) the cat
(d) Mary

3. Why does Becky miss school?
(a) She goes on a trip abroad.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She begins taking lessons at home.
(d) She is visiting relatives.

4. Who is Jim?
(a) a black boy who works at the house
(b) Tom's friend from school
(c) a runaway who lives in the woods
(d) Tom's half-brother

5. How does Tom get his tickets?
(a) Tom makes his own fake tickets.
(b) Tom steals tickets from the other children.
(c) Tom trades the other children for their tickets.
(d) Tom does chores to earn tickets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Tom been eating that he wasn't supposed to eat?

2. Who wins the battle?

3. What does Tom throw at Sid as he leaves?

4. When Tom beats up the strange boy, what does he tell the boy to holler to make him stop?

5. What do Tom's classmates do, that constantly remind him of his problems?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Amy Lawrence's reactions during Sunday School.

2. What do Tom and Huck do with their pact after they sign it?

3. What are the boys' reactions to realizing that the townspeople think they're dead?

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

5. Why does Tom confess that he stopped to talk with Huckleberry Finn on the way to school?

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

7. How are Sid and Tom different?

8. What do the villagers want to do to Injun Joe?

9. What grievance does Injun Joe have against the doctor?

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

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