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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. What does the boy Becky spent time with do to Tom when he finds out he's been used?

2. What does Tom threaten to do if Huck runs away from the Widow Douglas?

3. What day of the week is a bad day to visit a haunted house?

4. Where had Joe gotten water?

5. When does Mrs. Thatcher find out that Becky's not where she's supposed to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good deed does Tom do for Becky?

2. What evidence of Becky and Tom do the searchers find in the cave?

3. Describe Huck's reaction to living with the Widow Douglas.

4. Describe the Spaniard.

5. What does Tom think when he's whipped for ruining his schoolbook?

6. What is kept in the mysterious room at the tavern?

7. What happens to Tom and Huck's treasure?

8. What is Tom's prior experience with the boy he saw Becky with?

9. How does Tom treat Amy Lawrence when he comes back to school?

10. How does Becky react when she first realizes she and Tom are lost?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Tom Sawyer is set in a small town in middle-America in the mid-1800s. Discuss the importance of the setting of Tom Sawyer.

1) How are the qualities of Tom's childhood determined by the setting?

2) What type of independence does the setting allow Tom? What types of constraints does the setting put on Tom?

3) How might Tom's childhood be different in a different location or time?

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