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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What forms the basis of the humorous conversation in Chapter 14?
(a) Huck telling Jim more tall stories.
(b) Jim's accent.
(c) Huck's American vernacular.
(d) Huck's garbled retelling of matter he has just read about.

2. How do they all make good their escape from the villagers in Chapter 23?
(a) They lock the villagers in the hall and run for the raft.
(b) They run off to the woods and creep to the raft later.
(c) They steel horses and ride out of town.
(d) They sneak back to the raft and set off down the river.

3. Who was allowed to sleep in Emmeline Grangerford's room?
(a) Harney Shepherson.
(b) Huck.
(c) Guests from New Orleans.
(d) No one.

4. Why do Huck and Jim find themselves riding the river through thick fog in Chapter 15?
(a) The mooring rope has been lost.
(b) The sapling they use as a mooring is not strong enough to hold the raft.
(c) They are embarking on a new adventure and want to take risks.
(d) The fog has come down too suddenly for them to get to shore.

5. In contrast to the expressions of grief acted by the King and the Duke, what does Huck view as a good thing?
(a) Music.
(b) Frankness.
(c) Capital.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the streets of the 'one horse town' empty?

2. How does Huck give himself thinking time when questions about England become awkward?

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

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

5. What explanation does 'Sarah/Mary' Williams give for her journey?

(see the answer key)

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