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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 is one symbol that the fog represents?
(a) A supernatural presence.
(b) The confusion inside Huck's head.
(c) The power of the river.
(d) Journeying into the unknown.

2. What first alerts Mrs. Loftus to the fact that 'Sarah/Mary' is a boy?
(a) His fingernails are dirty.
(b) Huck does not thread a needle in a feminine way.
(c) He doesn't walk daintily in a dress.
(d) She sees that he has some fuzz on his cheeks and chin.

3. What does Huck call "the horriblest looking outrage I ever see"?
(a) The King and the Duke buying clothes with their swindled money.
(b) Jim begging to be tied up again.
(c) Slaves being beaten by a cruel overseer.
(d) Jim dressed up and painted as a sick Arab.

4. Where, on the island, do Huck and Jim hide their belongings?
(a) In bundles secured to treetops.
(b) In a hole dug under a marked tree.
(c) Inside a hollow log in a clearing.
(d) In a cavern.

5. Who is responsible for tending the door on the night of the special performance in Chapter 23?
(a) Emmeline.
(b) The Duke.
(c) Huck.
(d) The King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't the Duke like about the King's portrayal of Juliet?

2. What is the oracle that Jim consults?

3. What explanation does Huck give for having the gun in his hands?

4. Which of these statements is closest to a description of Huck's father?

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

(see the answer key)

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