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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?
(a) He has a white face, long greasy beard and dark black eyes.
(b) He has a ghostly white face, dribbles through broken teeth and has eyes that once might have been intelligent.
(c) He has wide lips, shaggy hair and very bad breath.
(d) He has a brutal face with a broken nose and a big scar on his left cheek.

2. What idea is it that Huck and his friends don't fully understand [when forming their gang and making plans]?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Remuneration.
(c) Redress.
(d) Ransom.

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

4. What does Huck do with the canoe when he reaches Jackson's Island?
(a) He conceals it under willow branches.
(b) He hauls it way up the bank and hides it in some woods.
(c) He lets it drift down the river.
(d) He scuttles it.

5. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."
(a) Personification.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what way is Huck's time with his father spoiled?

3. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?

4. Why is his father annoyed with Huck in Chapter 5?

5. What is the 'good place' to which Miss Watson keeps referring?

(see the answer key)

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