1 Put the following events in the right order. Number
them 1–15.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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j
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l
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4 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make
complete sentences.
Tom and Huck see Injun Joe in the old
house.
Tom sits next to Becky.
Tom’s friends paint the fence.
Injun Joe is dead.
Tom and his friends go into the cave.
Tom is late for school.
The boys go to Jackson’s Island.
Tom and Becky get out of the cave.
Tom and Huck go to the graveyard.
The boys go to their funeral.
Tom and Huck find the treasure.
Tom sees Injun Joe in the cave.
Tom and Huck dig for treasure on Cardiff
Hill.
Tom goes to Becky Thatcher’s picnic.
Tom and Becky are lost.
A
1
2
3
4
5
It was three miles to the old tree, …
They looked in all the rooms downstairs, …
There were holes in the floor, …
He took off his green hat – …
He moved two big stones from the floor, …
B
a
b
c
d
e
… and then went upstairs.
… and began to dig with his knife,
… and then he took off his long white hair.
… and through them the boys could see into the rooms downstairs.
… and the boys arrived tired and hot.
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2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)
a
b
c
d
e
Tom lived with his aunt.
Huck went to school with Tom.
Muff Potter killed Doctor Robinson.
Injun Joe was a dangerous man.
McDougal’s Cave was very big.
10 marks
5 Match the person with the description: Becky, Huck,
Joe Harper, Injun Joe, Muff.
3 Who said this? Who did they say it to? Becky, Injun
Joe, Muff Potter, Aunt Polly, the teacher, Tom.
a
b
c
d
e
a
b
c
d
e
‘What’s that in your pocket?’ ............... to ...............
‘I stopped to talk with Huckleberry Finn!’ ............... to ...............
‘You draw beautifully.’ ............... to ...............
‘Why did I drink all that whiskey tonight?’
............... to ...............
‘We must stay here. Near this river.’ ...............
to ...............
A boy who was always dirty. ...............
A girl with blue eyes and long yellow hair. ...............
A man with long black hair. ...............
A friend of Tom and Huck. ...............
Tom saves his life. ...............
20 marks
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TEST
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Setting
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TEST
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15
16
17
18
19
20
Becky Thatcher had _____.
a F brown eyes and long brown hair b F blue
eyes and long yellow hair c F green eyes and
short yellow hair d F blue eyes and short
brown hair
Tom was very good at _____.
a F maths b F singing
c F writing stories d F drawing
Doctor Robinson was _____.
a F a graverobber b F the best doctor in
St Petersburg c F Aunt Polly’s doctor
d F the poorest doctor in St Petersburg
Tom and Huck _____ money.
a F spent too much b F stole a lot of
c F gave away a lot of d F liked looking for
They _____ Injun Joe.
a F weren’t afraid of b F didn’t know
c F were afraid of d F liked
The old Spaniard was really_____.
a F Aunt Polly b F Injun Joe
c F Muff Potter d F Mr Thatcher
Huck didn’t know that Tom and Becky were lost
because he _____.
a F was very ill b F went to Jackson
Island c F ran away d F was on holiday
Choose the best answer.
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
Tom Sawyer lived with his _____.
a F mother and father b F mother and
brother c F aunt and brother d F aunt and
sister
They lived _____.
a F in St Petersburg b F on Jackson Island
c F in Moscow d F on a boat
The mothers didn’t like _____.
a F Tom b F Huckleberry Finn c F Joe
Harper d F Tom’s brother
Tom _____ adventures.
a F had lots of b F didn’t have many
c F didn’t like d F sometimes had
His friends _____ the fence.
a F didn’t like painting b F enjoyed
painting c F didn’t want to paint d F broke
Huck had _____.
a F a mother and a father b F no mother
c F no father d F no friends
His father drank _____ all the time.
a F coffee b F tea c F whiskey d F beer
Huck lived _____.
a F on an island b F in a big house
c F in a wood d F in the streets
The boys in Tom’s class were _____ late for
school.
a F sometimes b F never c F always
d F often
Becky Thatcher was _____.
a F Tom’s oldest friend b F the girl in the
house next to Tom’s c F the newest girl in
Tom’s class d F a horrible girl at school
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Dialogue
Characters
Choose the best answer.
11
12
13
Tom was very _____.
a F unhappy b F stupid c F intelligent
d F famous
Huck _____.
a F never went to school b F sometimes went
to school c F was always late for school
d F was a good student
Tom and his friends _____.
a F didn’t like Huck b F liked Huck a lot
c F were horrible to Huck d F never played
with Huck
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21 ‘Where is that boy? When I find him, I’m going
to…’
a F Injun Joe b F Aunt Polly
c F Huckleberry Finn d F Muff Potter
22 ‘A dead cat can call ghosts out of their graves.’
a F Becky Thatcher b F Tom Sawyer
c F Injun Joe d F Huckleberry Finn
23 ‘Now, Tom Sawyer, you go and sit with the girls!’
a F the judge b F the teacher
c F Mr Thatcher d F Mrs Douglas
24 ‘You draw beautifully. I can’t draw pictures.’
a F Huck Finn b F Joe Harper
c F Becky Thatcher d F Aunt Polly
25 ‘I gave you the money this morning. I’m not
giving you any more!’
a F Doctor Robinson b F Muff Potter
c F Injun Joe d F Tom
26 ‘Let’s run away. Let’s go and live on Jackson
Island.’
a F Muff Potter b F Injun Joe c F Tom
d F Becky
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Plot
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
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33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Choose the best answer.
41 Tom told his teacher he spoke to Huckleberry
Finn because _____.
a F he wanted to sit next to the new girl
b F his teacher liked Huck c F it wasn’t
true d F Huck was famous
42 When Tom and Huck went to the graveyard,
they saw three _____.
a F ghosts b F dead cats c F bats
d F graverobbers
43 Injun Joe _____.
a F killed the doctor b F didn’t kill the
doctor c F killed Muff Potterd F killed Tom
44 _____ went to Jackson Island.
a F Tom, Huck and Becky b F Tom, Sid and
Joe Harper c F Tom, Huck and Joe
Harper d F Injun Joe, Muff Potter and Huck
45 When they didn’t come back, everybody thought
they were _____.
a F on holiday b F dead c F at school
d F ill
46 Tom told the judge that _____ .
a F Muff Potter killed Injun Joe b F the
doctor killed Injun Joe c F Injun Joe killed the
doctor d F Muff Potter killed the doctor
47 Injun Joe found a box with _____ in the old
house.
a F twenty dollars b F six hundred dollars
c F some old clothes d F thousands of
dollars
48 Tom and Becky got lost _____.
a F in the old house b F on the island
c F in the tunnels d F at the school
49 Injun Joe couldn’t get out of the cave because of
_____.
a F the big doors b F the big trees c F the
big men d F the big ghosts
50 Tom and Huck became very rich because
they _____.
a F opened a shop b F sold Aunt Polly’s
house c F found the treasure d F sold the
treasure
a line of wooden posts around land
a F window b F fence c F brush
d F garden
a place for dead people
a F picnic b F court c F island
d F graveyard
a large hole in a hill or under the ground
a F cave b F grave c F jail d F bat
to move earth with your hands or an object
a F carry b F dig c F dirt d F jump
to take from a person or building something
that is not yours
a F kill b F rob c F fight d F find
a passage under the ground
a F box b F string c F floor d F tunnel
to die under water
a F fight b F bath c F drown d F hit
a lot of money, gold, silver, jewels, etc.
a F trial b F island c F treasure d F idea
a mark like X
a F tickb F cross c F stop d F cut
to talk very quietly
a F cry b F shout c F whisper d F laugh
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M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
TEST
27 ‘Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the
seventeenth of June, at the hour of midnight?’
a F the teacher b F Aunt Polly
c F Huck Finn d F the judge
28 ‘Let’s put it under the cross – nobody goes
there.’
a F Injun Joe b F Tom c F Aunt Polly
d F Huck Finn
29 ‘But how can they find us, in these hundreds of
tunnels?
a F Tom b F Becky c F Muff Potter
d F Mr Thatcher
30 ‘I went to the end of my string, and suddenly, I
could see daylight!’
a F Tom b F Injun Joe c F Becky
d F Joe Harper
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