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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the teacher seat Tom with the girls?

2. What serves as a field for their tick game?

3. What does Tom do that makes Becky cry?

4. How does Tom feel when he gets to school?

5. What does Tom offer Becky to console her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Huck caution Tom about when speaking of the dead?

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

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

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

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

6. When Tom talks and is restless in his sleep, how is his behavior explained?

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

8. How are Sid and Tom different?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Culture is the values, beliefs, and attitudes of a society, reflected in what they do and make and how they communicate. Describe the culture of Tom and Huck's town. What do the townspeople value and admire? What are the religious and political beliefs and values of the town? How do they enforce good behavior? What are the beliefs about child-rearing? What other important beliefs or attitudes can you identify?

Essay Topic 2

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is filled with stereotypes. Discuss stereotypes in the novel.

1) What are the racial stereotypes in the novel? How is Injun Joe a stereotype of the author, and how is he stereotyped by the town?

2) What are the gender stereotypes in the novel? Discuss Aunt Polly, Widow Douglas, Becky Thatcher, and Amy Lawrence as examples of female stereotypes.

3) How are Tom Sawyer and Huck Finns stereotypes of boys?

Essay Topic 3

Injun Joe is motivated to murder out of revenge. Discuss Injun Joe's desire for revenge.

1) What has happened to Injun Joe that caused him to seek revenge? Why have these events happened to Injun Joe?

2) What characteristics of Injun Joe's personality lead to him seeking revenge? To what extent is Joe's desire for revenge fueled by his personality, and to what extent is it fueled by how others have treated him?

3) Widow Douglas says of Huck that God's hand is seen in every creature he makes. Is this true of Injun Joe as well?

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