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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the stranger from Hicksville?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Tom Sawyer.
(c) Judge Thatcher.
(d) Harvey Wilks.

3. What is unusual about the tracks Huck finds in the snow?
(a) There is a cross in the left boot heel.
(b) The footprints are unusually large and heavy.
(c) There are additional marks made by a spur.
(d) There is a cross in the right boot heel.

4. What does the King do after his confession?
(a) He cries.
(b) He goes for a cleansing swim, symbolic of beginning a new life.
(c) He tells jokes till everyone is asleep.
(d) He retired to the wigwam with a bottle.

5. What is the source of the commotion in the cellar in Chapter 27?
(a) A dog that has found a rat.
(b) The King and the Duke fighting over the money.
(c) A dog has baled up a runaway slave.
(d) A drunken mourner has raided a wine barrell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had the Grangerfords' beautiful oil cloth table cover come from?

2. How many logs worth selling do Pap and Huck find?

3. Which people did Huck and Tom intend to ambush?

4. What secret does Huck share with Tom in Chapter 33?

5. What suggests that Jim is only playing along with the two boys in their outrageous escape plan?

(see the answer key)

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