The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 13

Even though Tom and Huck did not dare to enter the haunted house on Friday, _______.

• they returned on Saturday morning and pushed open the creaky door of the house

• they returned on Saturday morning and did not push open the creaky door of the house

• they did not return on Saturday morning and pushed open the creaky door of the house

• they returned on Saturday morning and closed the creaky door of the house

How did the haunted look when Tom and Huck got inside?

Tom whispered to Huck that haunted houses were not so bad ______.

Although the stairs were ______ in many places, the boys had no problem climbing them.

Where did the boys first search for hidden treasure?

Why did Tom stop Huck from going downstairs?

Two boys looked at each other in fear as someone was coming. They lay flat on the floor ______.

• and peered through the knothole on the floorboards

• but peered through the knothole on the floorboards

• yet peered through the knothole on the floorboards

• for peered through the knothole on the floorboards

One of the two men was a Spaniard whom the boys had seen around town.

What does "a Spaniard" mean?

• a person from Spain

• a thing from Spain

• a person from Europe

• a thing from Europe

Why did the boys begin to shake with fear?

What did Tom and Huck understand when they heard "revenge"?