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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main accusation Colonel Sherburn levels at the crowd?
(a) A negligent attitude to their church-going.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Racial prejudice.
(d) Poor dress standards.

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

3. How does Huck augment his and Jim's diet of river fish and shot waterfowl?
(a) He buys cornmeal flour in a village.
(b) He steals chickens and raids gardens for things like watermelons.
(c) He steals oranges and grapefruit.
(d) He finds food scraps outside restaurants.

4. Whose idea of the after-life does Huck favor?
(a) Miss Watson's.
(b) The widow's.
(c) His father's.
(d) Tom Sawyer's.

5. How do Huck and Jim first conceal themselves on the Illinois shore?
(a) They hide in a cottonwood thicket.
(b) They stay on the raft that they have covered with branches.
(c) They hide in a ditch.
(d) They dig a shelter on the riverbank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jim alerted to the coming lightning storm?

2. Name the figurative language used in "the wind was trying to whisper something to me."

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

4. How has Jim been attempting to test the authenticity of the King's story?

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

(see the answer key)

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