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Apple Life Skills (Step One)

EXIT TEST
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain


Comprehension check

1 Read the first part of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and choose the best word (a, b, c).

1 Tom had to ……………… a long fence on Saturday.
a clean
b build
c paint

2 Tom and Sid went to Sunday School ……………… .
a on Jackson’s Island
b on Sunday morning
c on Sunday evening

3 Tom was always ……………… at Sunday School.
a sleepy
b bored
c happy

4 Tom and Huck went to ……………… with a dead cat.
a Jackson’s Island
b the river
c the graveyard

5 The mothers of St Petersburg didn’t like ……………… .
a Becky Thatcher
b Aunt Polly
c Huck

6 Tom and Huck saw……………… kill doctor Robinson with a knife.
a Injun Joe
b Hoss Williams
c Muff Potter

7 Tom stayed on Jackson’s Island with ……………… .
a Huck and Joe Harper
b Ben Rogers and Billy Fisher
c Huck and Becky Thatcher

8 Tom and Huck were really afraid of ……………… .
a Muff Potter
b Injun Joe
c Hoss Williams

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Fill in the gaps

2 Read the second part of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and fill in the gaps with the
correct word.

house • trial • string • dug • jumped out • richest • frightened • treasure


During the (1) ……………………………… Tom told the lawyer the true story. Suddenly Injun Joe
(2) ……………………………… of the window and ran away. Everyone was surprised. Muff Potter
was now free.

One day Tom and Huck went to the (3) ……………………………… on Cardiff Hill. Inside they saw
Injun Joe and his friend, and they had a big (4) ……………………………… .

Tom went to Becky Thatcher’s birthday picnic, but Huck did not go. Tom and Becky got lost in
a dark cave, and they were (5) ……………………………… . However, Tom was clever and used a
long (6) ……………………………… to get out.

Tom and Huck decided to go back to McDougal’s cave. They (7) ……………………………… under
the black cross and found the treasure. They told Aunt Polly and the people of the village
about their adventure in the cave. Everyone was happy and excited. Now Tom and Huck were
the (8) ……………………………… boys in St Petersburg because they found a treasure of $12.000!



Who did …?

3 Match the questions with the name of the character. You can use the same name more
than once.

Muff Potter • Aunt Polly • Ben Rogers • Tom • Injun Joe • Becky • Huck

1 Who gave Tom a red apple? ………………………………
2 Who brought a black beetle to church? ………………………………
3 Who sat next to Becky Thatcher at school? ………………………………
4 Who killed Doctor Robinson? ………………………………
5 Who went to jail? ………………………………
6 Who helped Widow Douglas? ………………………………
7 Who had a birthday picnic? ………………………………
8 Who looked after Tom? ………………………………

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