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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. Where does Aunt Polly find Tom?

2. What person does Tom make up to threaten the stranger with?

3. What do the men fight over?

4. What does Tom write the pact between the boys on?

5. Does Sid believe Tom is sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sid do to try to hear what Tom is saying in his sleep?

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

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

4. Where do Tom and Huck agree to meet next?

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

6. What is Tom dissatisfied with by the end of the Sunday service?

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

8. Describe the graveyard.

9. How are Sid and Tom different?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss love and jealousy in the novel by examining the relationship between Becky and Tom.

1) Is Tom really in love with Becky? Is his love for Becky different from his "love" for Amy Lawrence, whom he so easily dismisses? How is his love of Becky different from his love for Aunt Polly?

2) Describe Becky's feelings for Tom. What attracts Becky to Tom? How deep are her emotions for him? How does the experience in the caves change their relationship?

3) How do the characters experience and use jealousy in their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, people show off, or posture. Tom shows off when he wants to get Becky's attention, but showing off is not just for children. The Sunday School teacher shows off for important guests, and the schoolmaster shows off for the parents and town.

1) Why do the characters in the novel show off? What do they hope to gain?

2) What different forms does "showing off" take? Why are these actions supposed to impress others?

3) How aware are the characters of others' "showing off"? How effective is it?

Essay Topic 3

The force of public opinion affects events in the novel, but public opinion is changeable and fallible. Discuss public opinion in the novel.

1) How does the public's opinion of Muff Potter change over the course of the novel? How does public opinion affect events, Muff's self-image, and Tom and Huck?

2) How does public opinion of Tom change over the course of the novel? What factors effect people's opinions about Tom?

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