A) Harper's Weekly B) The Century Magazine (1893–1894) C) Scribner's Monthly D) Atlantic Monthly
A) To gain favor with the Driscoll family. B) Due to an order from Judge Driscoll. C) To give her son a life of freedom and privilege. D) Because she wanted to escape slavery herself.
A) Bird watching. B) Writing poetry. C) Coin collecting. D) Collecting fingerprints.
A) Pudd'nhead Wilson. B) Angelo Capello. C) Tom Driscoll. D) Judge Driscoll.
A) Fingerprints. B) Blood typing. C) DNA testing. D) Lie detector tests.
A) He becomes a respected member of the community. B) He inherits a large fortune. C) He feels uneasy in white society and is excluded from the company of blacks. D) He leaves Dawson's Landing permanently.
A) She seeks help from Judge Driscoll. B) She files a lawsuit against the bank. C) She returns to Dawson's Landing to ask for money from Tom. D) She moves to another town to start over.
A) It endears him to Judge Driscoll but confirms others' opinion of him as a 'pudd'nhead'. B) It is used to solve the murder mystery. C) It contains clues about Roxy's true identity. D) It serves as a legal document for his law practice.
A) He is immediately arrested by the police. B) The blame falls wrongly on one of the Italian twins. C) He confesses to the crime. D) He flees Dawson's Landing.
A) He adopts Tom after his father's death. B) He sells him into slavery. C) He hires him as a lawyer. D) He disowns Tom permanently.
A) His prison sentence is overturned, and he is sold 'down the river'. B) He becomes a respected lawyer. C) He escapes to Europe. D) He inherits his uncle's estate.
A) They were fictionalized versions of real historical figures. B) They were conjoined twins in a novel titled Those Extraordinary Twins. C) They were identical triplets. D) They were unrelated characters with no connection to Tom Driscoll.
A) Chicago in the early 20th century. B) Dawson's Landing on the Mississippi River in the first half of the 19th century. C) New York City in the late 18th century. D) St. Louis during the Civil War.
A) She is one-sixteenth black and majority white. B) She is three-quarters black. C) She is entirely white. D) She is half black and half white.
A) Evidence of a crime he committed. B) The truth about his ancestry and that he is her son and partially black. C) A letter from Judge Driscoll. D) A confession from Luigi Capello.
A) He is sent away to a boarding school. B) He becomes a traveling salesman. C) He is adopted by Judge Driscoll. D) He inherits the entire estate.
A) She was mistaken for a European immigrant. B) She looks more white than black due to her ancestry. C) She had undergone plastic surgery. D) She was adopted by a wealthy family.
A) It raises questions about nature versus nurture and racism. B) It proves he was always destined to be a criminal. C) It shows his inherent goodness. D) It highlights his intelligence.
A) It is satirized through Mark Twain's depiction of Dawson's Landing. B) It supports Pudd'nhead Wilson's law practice. C) It leads to the downfall of Judge Driscoll. D) It plays a minor role with no significant impact on the plot. |