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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens two days after the funeral?
(a) The King preaches a sermon.
(b) The King puts the property and slaves up for sale.
(c) Huck digs up the coffin.
(d) The King borrows a substantial sum of money.

2. What excuse does Huck give the King for his flight from the cemetery?
(a) He needed to get away from the crowds.
(b) He claims he was warned he could be hanged.
(c) He was worried about Jim all alone on the raft.
(d) He was worried about Joanna and wanted to find her.

3. What does Jim throw out the window in Chapter 37?
(a) A tin plate.
(b) His vittles.
(c) The rope ladder.
(d) The witch pie.

4. Why do Huck and Jim leave the baby's bottle in the house?
(a) It is too small to use as a water bottle.
(b) It contains sour milk and would be diffficult to clean.
(c) It is broken.
(d) They think it contains poison.

5. What convinces the ferry captain to investigate the sinking ship?
(a) The possibility of valuable salvage.
(b) The opportunity for glory in catching murderers.
(c) Huck's harrowing story of women and children in peril..
(d) Huck's story of a good financial reward.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to what Huck tells the King and the Duke, where did his parents come from?

2. What does Huck think is "the lonesomest sound in the whole world"?

3. Who is the other person Huck tells Mary Jane in Chapter 28 would be in big trouble?

4. What is Huck's reaction to the widow's prayer?

5. According to Huck, what delayed his steamer?

(see the answer key)

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